On 10 July 2013 00:07, Usman Bhatti <usman.bha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tx igor.
> Now I am waiting to get hold of the new VM (with this parameter) to test on
> Windows.
>
yes, i am building it right now on my machine to test if it works,
and jenkins refuses to build it (but for other reasons, which we need
to fix asap)

>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr>
> wrote:
>>
>> For the people that did not click on the link :)
>>
>> Tree SHA1: 26bf913
>> Parent SHA1: 14cc218 (- fixed save for 2.0)
>> raw diff | raw patch
>>
>> Added option in windows .ini file
>> to set the virtual memory address space limit.
>>
>> AddressSpaceLimit = <size in Mbytes>
>> The default is 512Mb
>>
>> Thanks igor.
>>
>> Stef
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 9 July 2013 09:13, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> wrote:
>>
>> First, not all programming languages are like this: You can easily run
>> other VMs (e.g., Java) with more than 3 GB. But, let's not even go there: I
>> can run Pharo with 1Gb on Mac without problems. According to your reasoning
>> we might end up downgrading the Mac VM. Some data does not fit in memory,
>> but if I can get all my data in my image, I will choose to do it.
>>
>> I am not saying that we should compare with Java, or that it is the end of
>> the world that the Windows VM is highly restricted. I am simply saying that
>> we should not dismiss this as a problem just because we do not know how, or
>> do not have the resources to solve it right now.
>>
>> After all, we are here to change the world :).
>>
>>
>> Yes, but this topic was raised multiple times already. Maybe we should
>> stop wasting time on it?
>>
>> All you need to do, to change the limit, go to
>> platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Alloc.h
>>
>> And change this:
>>
>> #ifndef MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY
>> #define MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 512*1024*1024
>> #endif
>>
>> So, if you want more, build VM with any limit you see fit.
>> But there's a reason why in official VM its 512.
>>
>>
>> Igor this is a real issue and we are all fighting to get more members in
>> the consortium
>> so that one day we can hire a guy like you to address it.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://gitorious.org/cogvm/blessed/commit/341e6c2e150bcde80dfea6c890bab7745b2a6d44
>>
>> Stef
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko.
>>
>>
>



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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.

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