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Date:      Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:07:00 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mmap(2) length argument limits
Message-ID:  <200506230107.00574.peter@wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <42B85A70.3070108@palisadesys.com>
References:  <42B85A70.3070108@palisadesys.com>

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On Tuesday 21 June 2005 11:20 am, Guy Helmer wrote:
> Is mmap(2) truly limited to mapping 2GB chunks of a file, even on 64-bit
> platforms where a 64-bit offset in the VM system shouldn't be such a
> performance penalty, or does the BUGS section of the mmap(2) man page
> apply to 32-bit platforms only?

It is a man-page bug on all platforms.  You can mmap 3GB on 32 bit systems if 
you have enough process vm space.  eg: if you've shrunk the kva space.

-Peter



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