From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12788 invoked by alias); 8 Nov 2003 11:34:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 12781 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2003 11:34:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-out3.apple.com) (17.254.13.22) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2003 11:34:29 -0000 Received: from mailgate1.apple.com (a17-128-100-225.apple.com [17.128.100.225]) by mail-out3.apple.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA8BYTrY002578 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 03:34:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from scv1.apple.com (scv1.apple.com) by mailgate1.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.1) with ESMTP id ; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 03:33:42 -0800 Received: from [17.219.193.133] (vpn-scv-x2-133.apple.com [17.219.193.133]) by scv1.apple.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA8BXjww005540; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 03:33:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20031108110343.23249.qmail@web41107.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031108110343.23249.qmail@web41107.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <7AC640AA-11DF-11D8-9FED-000A95AFB9BE@apple.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: infinitysw@comcast.net, gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org From: Syd Polk Subject: Re: gcc on darwin os-x Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 11:34:00 -0000 To: Dara Hazeghi X-SW-Source: 2003-11/txt/msg00102.txt.bz2 On Nov 8, 2003, at 3:03 AM, Dara Hazeghi wrote: > Hello, > > a vm_alloc error is a C library error, something gcc > has no control over (it's Apple's C library). But I > think G5s top out at 8 gigabytes RAM or so, and the > amount you're asking to allocate is a lot more than > that! > It's worse than that; right now, an individual process is limited to 32 bit pointers, so it can only allocate 2 GB. -- Syd Polk jazzman@bayarea.net http://www.baritoneconsulting.com/ "Let the music be your light." -- Dave Edwards, KUHF-FM, 1982