Re: [MiNT] MiNT 1.19 and malloc size limitation?

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

Yes, there is something that limits m(x)allocs. The size of physical memory.

Alan.

On 22/03/15 00:54, Rajah wrote:
> Hi,
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> This parameter PROC_MAXMEM is not used (commented with #) in my
> MINT.CNF file.
> No memory limitation in Thing preferences for applications.
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> So I repeat my question: is there something in latest MiNT that limits
> m(x)allocs?
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> I'm thinking again about it when iconv.ldg (1 101 535 Bytes), loaded
> with ldg_load() (using malloc that failed?), but crashes when
> ldg_free() is called, crashing the desk by cascade.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rajah
>
> Le 05/02/2015 11:03, Vincent Rivière a écrit :
>> On 04/02/2015 20:17, Pierre Ton-That wrote:
>>> Speaking of MiNT changes, from 1.18 to 1.19, I noticed one can't malloc
>>> very big blocks. There is a limitation (about 1 MB ?). Could not malloc
>>> 70 MB (MegaBytes) for a very big file for download in one row.
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>> I suggest you to have a look at the PROC_MAXMEM variable in your
>> MINT.CNF.
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>> #PROC_MAXMEM=4096
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