X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:38:59 -0800 From: Christopher Layne To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.0 CVS mmap failure Message-ID: <20070111063859.GF19638@ns1.anodized.com> References: <20070105095752.GB28768@calimero.vinschen.de> <20070105182234.GC12776@calimero.vinschen.de> <20070105192302.GD12776@calimero.vinschen.de> <20070110095345.GL23638@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070110095345.GL23638@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Assp-Spam-Prob: 0.00000 X-Assp-Whitelisted: Yes X-Assp-Envelope-From: clayne@ns1.anodized.com X-Assp-Intended-For: cygwin@cygwin.com X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com > Since overmapping doesn't work on Windows, unfortunately, I implemented > the above mentioned technique, which isn't much code anyway. It > reserves a memory lot big enough to fit in the whole mapping, memorizes > the address, free's the memory again and then uses the new address in > the subsequent real mappings. > > This should work (knock on wood) on all systems now. My testcases still > work on my 512 MB machine, so I'd appreciate if you could give the latest > snapshot a try on /3GB enabled machines. This works on my machine now. So previously why was the former method failing, do you think? -cl -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/