From 192440ab1fdad0f3924f7af8c6f0dbc4f47f70b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Larsson <lukas@erlang-solutions.com>
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')

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 <c>65536</c>, the chosen value will increased to a value
 	larger or equal to the maximum amount of file descriptors that
 	can be opened.</p>
+	<p>On Windows the default value is set to <c>8196</c> because the 
+	normal OS limitations are set higher than most machines can handle.</p>
 	<p>Previously the environment variable <c>ERL_MAX_PORTS</c> 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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