From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:56:22 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: Process not given >890MB on a 4MB machine ????????? Message-ID: <20010920165622.B22441@redhat.com> References: <5D2F375D116BD111844C00609763076E050D164D@exch-staff1.ul.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5D2F375D116BD111844C00609763076E050D164D@exch-staff1.ul.ie>; from Gabriel.Leen@ul.ie on Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 08:25:37PM +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: "Gabriel.Leen" Cc: "'linux-mm@kvack.org'" List-ID: On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 08:25:37PM +0100, Gabriel.Leen wrote: > Hello, > The problem in a nutshell is: > > a) I have a 4GB ram 1.7Gh Xeon box > b) I'm running a process which requires around 3GB of ram > c) RedHat 2.4.9 will only give it 890MB, then core dumps with the warning > "segmentation fault" > when it reaches this memory usage and "asks for more" That's a limitation of the current memory layout. If you compile your program statically (gcc -static), then you should be able to use closer to 3GB. -ben -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/