#!/usr/bin/perl # Notes ... -B 1 == 8k if(@ARGV > 1) { if($ARGV[0] eq "-B") { $buffers = $ARGV[1]; } } if($buffers > 0) { $kb_memory_required = $buffers * 8; } $shm = `sysctl kern.ipc | grep shmall`; ( $junk, $shm_amt ) = split(/ /, $shm); chomp($shm_amt); $sem = `sysctl kern.ipc | grep semmap`; print "\n\n"; if(length($shm) > 0) { printf "shared memory enabled: %d kB available\n", $shm_amt * 4; if($buffers > 0) { if($kb_memory_required / 4 > $shm_amt) { print "\n"; print "to provide enough shared memory for a \"-B $buffers\" setting\n"; print "issue the following command\n\n"; printf "\tsysctl -w kern.ipc.shmall=%d\n", $kb_memory_required / 4; print "\nand add the following to your /etc/sysctl.conf file:\n\n"; printf "\tkern.ipc.shmall=%d\n", $kb_memory_required / 4; } else { print "\n"; print "no changes to kernel required for a \"-B $buffers\" setting\n"; } } } else { print "no shared memory support available\n"; print "add the following option to your kernel config:\n\n"; print "\toptions SYSVSHM\n\n"; } print "\n==========================\n\n"; if(length($sem) > 0) { print "semaphores enabled\n"; } else { print "no semaphore support available\n"; print "add the following option to your kernel config:\n\n"; print "\toptions SYSVSEM\n\n"; }