--- aksingh@hss.hns.com wrote: > three shld be sizeof(int), that is 4 bytes. but > since this is signed int > the max value would not be 2^32, it wld rather be > 2^16-1, and that is ^^^^^^ Is that not 2^31 - 1? So, I guess the sizeof(int) is not the deciding factor in deciding the max value of tcp_rmem, but other (protocol) considerations, IMHO. ===== Regards, Kiran Kumar Immidi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/