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Date:      Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:55:00 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com>
To:        "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@Sarnoff.COM>
Cc:        Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Shared Memory Questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960708145432.2220A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960707130306.14662B-100000@terra>

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On Sun, 7 Jul 1996, Ron G. Minnich wrote:
> actually, you're not really running out of shared memory. You're running 
> out of sysv shared memory, which is barely a qualifier for the name 
> 'shared memory' :=)
> 
> Does the tool you're using use the shared memory just as shared memory, 
> and not for locks, etc.? If so, you're better off setting up shared 
> mmap'ed files, since there will be no limit. I have a simple allocater 
> called filemalloc and filecalloc that does this, if you want them let me 
> know. Works much better than sysv shm. 

I have a friend who would love to take a look at your source, pointers?

-Brandon Gillespie



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