Via: uk.ac.southampton; Thu, 23 Sep 1993 10:29:23 +0100
From: Chris Boucher <ccb AT mail DOT southampton DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 93 10:04:27 BST
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
Subject: Re: desqview's select() system call and gcc link time

Michael Hines writes:
> An unrelated problem is the link time which is 7 minutes for linking
> the following libraries
>         nrnoc   200k
>         oc      210k
>         nrniv   200k
>         ivoc    681k
>         memac    89k
>         scpmth  232k
>         iv      1740k
>         and xext, x, gpl, sys, m, pc
>  
> My Linux system takes 20 seconds to do the link step so I am guessing
> that the problem has to do with too much swapping.
> I typed the link command at the DOS window by hand to avoid the
> Borland Version 2 Make that I am using but there was no change in link
> time. During the link step the desqview memory window shows a change
> in available expanded memory from 10488K to 8400K and the disk
> seems to be thrashing. I don't have any special arguments set in
> the DJGPP environment variables. Is there any pixie dust I can use
> that will cause gcc to start using the unused 8400K? (Since desqview
> is going I am using the QEMM memory manager)

You need to increase the amount of Expanded memory which DV/X gives to
each DOS box - the default is only 2Mb.  It's in the advanced section of
the relevant .dvp file. 

Chris.

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