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Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 19:23:30 +1200
From: Danny Smith <dannysmith AT clear DOT net DOT nz>
Subject: RE: Increasing Available Memory for Cygwin Run Programs in XP
To: "'brad.'" <krane AT gmail DOT com>
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> I am trying to run a numerical simulation that requires a large amount
> of RAM in the cygwin environment running on a Pentium 4 with Windows
> XP and 3GB RAM. I have so far learned that Windows XP (and other
> Windows versions) allot only 2GB RAM for user program space. I have
> verified this with a small program I developed that allocates the
> maximum available memory to 4 bytes.
> In Windows when I run this program I am able to allocate a total of
> 1.94GB of memory, 
> 

Look at "--large-address-aware" option in ld.info.

Danny


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