so this means that the comment of Fabrizio about the limit of 500 mb was only for windows.
Stef > Not bad :) > > Doru > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:11 AM, jannik.laval <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:28 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:17 PM, jannik.laval wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I tried the VM included in Moose (moosetechnology.org). >>>> If I remember well, it is a cog vm. >>>> >>>> The maximal heap size is (precisely): 2138046463 bytes. >>>> Why this number ? I don't know. But I will need more than 2Gb. >>> >>> HI jannik >>> >>> was the system usable? >>> Because the problem with more memory is that you need specific GCes. >> >> It seems. >> I built a DSM on a 1300 packages system. >> >> Jannik >> >>> >>> Stef >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I will try the 64bits vm, and see. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Jannik >>>> >>>> On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:51 PM, David T. Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi John, >>>>> >>>>> There is no regression in the interpreter VM ... well actually there was >>>>> about 6 months back, but I keep an eye on it and it's fixed again now :) >>>>> >>>>> The 32-bit interpreter VM will not fail on any 2GB or 4BG boundaries, >>>>> and an interpreter VM compiled for the 64-bit object format can handle >>>>> images greater than 7GB (probably much more, but my 8GB PC is too small >>>>> to do anything larger). >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure if all of the necessary fixes are in place for the StackVM >>>>> and Cog. If not, I'm sure it will be addressed over time (it's just not >>>>> something that I have ever checked). >>>>> >>>>> I believe that Jannik is interested in running very large images, at >>>>> least on an experimental basis. For anything over a few GB, this requires >>>>> an interpreter VM and a 64-bit image. As you know, this is sure to run >>>>> into problems for the garbage collector as the number of objects >>>>> increases, but it would certainly be interesting to see how far the >>>>> current garbage collector can go in real world conditions before it >>>>> turns to mollasses. >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:57:02AM -0400, John McIntosh wrote: >>>>>> A few years back the interpreted virtual machine was fixed to allow an >>>>>> image to grow to the 4 GB limit. >>>>>> It is unclear to me if someone regressed the software to impose a 2GB >>>>>> limit >>>>>> again, or if the 2GB number >>>>>> mentioned is based on how things worked10 years ago? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:01 AM, St?phane Ducasse >>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 11:46 PM, johnmci wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> David Lewis and I spent a far amount of time a few years back to make >>>>>>> the 32 >>>>>>>> vm 4gb clean. So are you running on stale knowledge here, or does the >>>>>>>> vm >>>>>>>> crash when to goes over 2gb? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sorry my english limit does not let me know understanding what you mean >>>>>>> exactly. >>>>>>> Jannik in the context of moose would like to see if we can have image >>>>>>> larger than 500 mb (on mac it should be possible). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Stef >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Jannik Laval >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> --- >> Jannik Laval >> >> > > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" >
