Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:19:02 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	"Y. Lazarovitch" <yitzg AT haven DOT ios DOT com>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: problem with V2 ld.exe on 386...

On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, Y. Lazarovitch wrote:

> I changed the value to 512K and that did it. Ld did complete the linking 
> in about 1 minute, although evrything else took about 40 seconds -- does 
> it make sense that ld should take the most time? go32-v2 said I have 
> 584kb DPMI memory available, which proboly did the trick, but I got the 
> same report from go32 if I changed it to 384kb, and my question is do I 
> gain or loose anything by using 512kb and not 384kb if both give the same 
> reading?  A number like 600kb also gave me the same reading. All in all, 

I think setting that parameter to the smallest value that causes 584KB to 
be reported is the best.  Once CWSDPMI decides to use conventional 
memory, it will use it all (except for some 60K is puts aside for its own 
page tables and possible DOS memory allocations for the program that 
runs).

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