On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Ogden, Aaron A. wrote:

>
> Yes, we are using the RH kernels as a base, the limit is supposed to be
> 1200+ but my experiments have shown it to be just shy of 800.  Or maybe
> that results is due to a bug in the autofs code.  I think the real
> solution to this problem is Richard Gooch's devfs and kernel 2.6.  It's
> anyone's guess when there will be a distribution using both of those but
> I think Fedora might be the first.
>

Looks like the limit is here to stay as 2.6 looks similar to 2.4 in that
area and udev is destined to be used as a replacement for devfs (which
never caught on). udev does not address this issue either.

Any know if/how this issue will be addressed?

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