On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Jon Sigman wrote:

> The shared memory approach might work (I assume you mean with shm_open(), 
> mmap(), shmget(), shmat(), etc.?) But isn't there a problem with the shm 
> mechanism on multiprocessor hardware, or was that from years past? Also, 
> won't I need to increase shmmax in the kernel, especially if I have numerous 
> "flavors" of the 1GB matrix to load?

- I think the shm problems are ancient history. You'd have to increase shmmax 
in order to use it, which is a pain.

- Personally, I'd try mmap; avoid the problems with the ancient shm stuff.

Still wondering though, how you burn up a couple of minutes loading 1GB?

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