Re: Solaris Kernel Parameters

Posted in 2000

Jonathan Leffler — Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:51:56 -0700 (PDT) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On 20 Sep 2000, Thomas J. Girsch wrote: >Most recent versions of Informix on Solaris request that the following >line be placed in /etc/system: > > set enable_sm_wa = 1 > >I assume this has something to do with shared memory, but I'm unable to >find any documentation as to what it does and why Informix wants/needs >it to be set. >Anyone have any ideas? It was a workaround for a bug in Solaris 2.4. It was ignored and inoperative in Solaris 2.5 (2.5.1?); it generates a warning at boot time in Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7. If you're not using Solaris 2.4, you can (and should) omit it from /etc/system. If it is not already a bug in PTS, a bug should be created demanding that it is removed from the release notes, etc. -- Yours, Jonathan Leffler (Jonathan.Leffler@Informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!"