To:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT new-orleans DOT neosoft DOT com>
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP Mailing List)
Subject:	Re: QDPMI VM memory bug
Date:	Thu, 22 Dec 94 09:08:35 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>

>  2) Define a minimum memory size big enough to handle the program.  Since
>     DPMI does not commit pages until they are touched, this isn't too
>     bad oversizing.  You can never resize up in this case.
>
> How to determine and specify a max size for each program is a mess, and
> I am not sure I want to think about it too much.  Anyway, there is a 
> potential fix for those needing QDPMI.  Is the pain worth the gain?
> You decide.

Does this mean that a single call to sbrk() at the beginning
of a program with a sufficiently large argument will fix the
problem under QDPMI?

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