Re: 2G+ user space memory allocation problem

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On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 10:50 -0500, Prokopenko, Konstantyn wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I've got 4GB machine running Fedora Core1 and custom kernel 2.6.4.
> 
> My user application performs huge data manipulations and requires
> 2.7GB to be allocated.
> 
> I can allocate only 2 GB of user space memory. 
> 
> The question is - what about 3/1 GB user/kernel scheme? Why it is not
> possible to allocate more than 2 GB in user space?
> 
>  


if you used the FC1 kernel or a more recent 2.6 kernel you would have
been able to malloc 3Gb. So in a way this is your own doing ;)



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> Thank you.
> 


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