mgrd <mgrd@gmx.net> wrote:
> I found on IBM's
> "Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions, Volume 2",
> (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries)
> the entry for the "shmat Subroutine":
>
> ---snip---
> An extended shmat capability is available.
> If an environment variable EXTSHM=ON is defined then processes executing
> in that environment will be able to create and attach more than eleven
> shared memory segments.
> ---snip---
>
> But I still don't know if setting the variable
> EXTSHM=ON
> requires the binary in question to be compiled with the shmat
> capability or not.
>
> With other words:
> Does every program can obtain more than 11 shared memory segments
> provided the variable
> EXTSHM=ON
> is set?

The quotation seems to say so.
Why don't you try it out?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe