Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:21:53 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com> Cc: Sean Cavanaugh <millenia2000@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit Linux Binary Compatibility (for Matlab) Message-ID: <489B1311.9020100@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750808070803v762e536dofd72d8b3f17c5baa@mail.gmail.com> References: <26ddd1750808070647yf0a9205u514c6ba87fbf97a5@mail.gmail.com> <BAY126-W112780E26097569F34F757CA750@phx.gbl> <26ddd1750808070803v762e536dofd72d8b3f17c5baa@mail.gmail.com>
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Maxim Khitrov wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Sean Cavanaugh > <millenia2000@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:47:45 -0400 >>> From: mkhitrov@gmail.com >>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: 64-bit Linux Binary Compatibility (for Matlab) >>> Apparently Matlab tries to allocate a continuous chunk of memory, and >>> we needed to upgrade to 64-bit hardware to give it access to more than >>> 1GB of memory, which is about the most that it was able to get before. >>> It's a lousy explanation, but I wasn't employed at this place when >>> this diagnosis was made. >>> >> running 32-bit gives you access to 4GB of RAM, not 1. there is some address >> space that is used up by hardware such as video cards that will reduce that >> number reported by the OS. >> > > I know that, the key word there is continuous space. It still doesn't make any sense; processes on i386 have up to 3GB (by default) of address space to do with what they wish. Perhaps someone forgot to increase the maxdsiz resource limit? Kris
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