Subject: Re: Increasing VM limits
To: Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@tools.de>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-amd64
Date: 02/02/2005 14:34:05
Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@tools.de> writes:
> Dropping UseMMAP will result in the modules to be read into malloc'ed
> memory, which is part of the data area and thus in a place reachable
> from the main program.

Okay, that makes sense (albeit the entire thing is somewhat twisted.)

I wonder if we'll be want to get rid of "small code model" someday for
certain apps. It would make things like dynamic code generation in
lisp systems a real pain in the neck if you can't do calls across 2G
boundaries.

Perry