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Date: Mon,  7 Jan 2002 17:00:20 +0000
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: process memory limit
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	<20020106004528 DOT GD14202 AT redhat DOT com>

On Saturday 5 Jan 02, Christopher Faylor writes:
> >it appears that a cygwin app can't alloc more than around 256MB,
> >even though:
> >
> >o my machine has 2GB of physical mem and plenty of virtual
> >o the same app compiled with the Intel or MS compiler can
> >  allocate much more
> >
> >after digging through the mail archives and docs, I've checked
> >out the sources in hopes of finding a parameter that could be
> >increased
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-04/msg00141.html

I'll add this to the FAQ.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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