Todd Vierling writes:
> Now, what about an "options LISTEN_BACKLOG" to set a compile-time default,
> in the same way that DDB_ONPANIC sets the switch at compile time?  (If
> nonexistent, the option would of course default to 128.)

I don't like calling it LISTEN_BACKLOG, given that the thing it
touches is maxconn. The option is a decent idea.

> And, what should the hard limit be--that even sysctl() can not go above?

UINT_MAX.

> (This will become the value of SOMAXCONN such that programs using the
> macro will gain the higher limits without recompiling.)

Leave SOMAXCONN at 128, I say.

Perry