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Re: Is there heap size limitaion?
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>
Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009 4:22 pm
Subject: Re: Is there heap size limitaion?
> Anna Sidera wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>
> > Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009 1:45 pm
> > Subject: Re: Is there heap size limitaion?
> >
> >> Anna Sidera wrote:
> >>> Can you tell me if there is heap size limitation in gcc? I use
> a
> >> server with 4 CPU and 16 BG ram. I create tables using malloc
> and
> >> the total memory I can use is a little less than 4 GB.
> >>
> >> Seems odd. What OS / architecture are you using?
>
> > I am using unix. SunOS 5.10
>
> OK, but what architecture? 32-bit or 64-bit mode?
>
> Type
>
> isainfo -v
>
> If it's 32-bit then you will be limited, obviously.
> If gcc is generating 32-bit executables then you will also be
> limited. The -m64/-m32 options control this.
>
> Andrew.
>
>
isainfo -v gives the following output:
64-bit sparcv9 applications
vis2 vis
32-bit sparc applications
vis2 vis v8plus div32 mul32
Anna