On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Sverker Eriksson wrote: > Put some printf's in erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_poll.c. This is > where the file descriptor limit is set at start: Another data point: (gdb) p (int)erts_poll_max_fds_kp() $2 = 1024 Why? --- Mac hacker with a performance bent http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelreymont