[Pkg-exppsy-maintainers] Bug#559085: Max number of threads on HPPA

[Frans Pop]

Michael Hanke wrote:
> I maintain ODIN, a simulator for magnetic resonance imaging sequences. I
> utilizes threads for its simulations and its test suite tries to create
> 256 thread. This test suite runs during package build-time -- and always
> fails on HPPA, and just HPPA, e.g.

Sounds similar to http://bugs.debian.org/557982. That BR is closed because 
it was worked around, but I think the underlying issue is unresolved.

Carlos?

> I have no access to a HPPA machine and hence cannot look at
> /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max without uploading a new package version.

On my box:

$ uname -r
2.6.32-trunk-parisc64-smp
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max
15984

Cheers,
FJP