From 192440ab1fdad0f3924f7af8c6f0dbc4f47f70b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Larsson
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:38:55 +0100
Subject: Set default max ports on win32 to 8192
---
erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
(limited to 'erts/doc/src/erl.xml')
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index bd03fb4970..bb81330fec 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@
than 65536, the chosen value will increased to a value
larger or equal to the maximum amount of file descriptors that
can be opened.
+ On Windows the default value is set to 8196 because the
+ normal OS limitations are set higher than most machines can handle.
Previously the environment variable ERL_MAX_PORTS was used
for setting the maximum number of simultaneously existing ports. This
environment variable is deprecated, and scheduled for removal in
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