Thank you for responding. I should have added -a on my ulimit command. Here are its results; which I believe are not the limiting factor.
%/ > ulimit -a core file size (blocks, -c) 1048575 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited file size (blocks, -f) unlimited max memory size (kbytes, -m) 32768 open files (-n) 2000 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 64 stack size (kbytes, -s) hard cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) 128 virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited Here are my gcc-v results. They are very similiar. %/ > gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0 Configured with: ../gcc-4.1.2/configure --prefix=/opt/sas/msd/home/barnharj/usr/local --program-suffix=-4.1.2 --enable-threads=aix --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --disable-nls --with-mpfr=/opt/sas/msd/home/barnharj/usr/local --with-gmp=/opt/sas/msd/home/barnharj/usr/local Thread model: aix gcc version 4.1.2 My results for gcc -print-multi-lib are indentical to yours. It should be noted that I did not attempt a 64 bit build. My system is not configured properly for that just yet. Via private correspondence someone also suggested the following system("ulimit -d unlimited") during an R session. That failed as did issuing the command before launching R. I'll keep investigating. My call to configure is listed below. /configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/local --program-suffix=rc --with-readline=no --with-x=no --enable-memory-profiling ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ei-ji Nakama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Barnhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [Rd] AIX testers needed > Hi. > > system("ulimit") of AIX gives back file block size. > A limit of memory is `ulimit -m'. > > I made gcc-4.1.2 and made R-2.5.0+patched, but the problem did not > happen. > > $ gcc-4.1 -v > Using built-in specs. > Target: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 > Configured with: ../configure --with-as=/usr/bin/as > --with-ld=/usr/bin/ld --disable-nls --prefix=/usr/local1/gcc-4.1.2 > --enable-threads --host=powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 --program-suffix=-4.1 > --with-gmp=/usr/local1 --with-mpfr=/usr/local1 > --enable-languages=c,c++,f95 > Thread model: aix > gcc version 4.1.2 > > $ gcc-4.1 -print-multi-lib > .; > pthread;@pthread > ppc64;@maix64 > pthread/ppc64;@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > $ export OBJECT_MODE=64 > $ ./configure CC="gcc-4.1 -maix64" \ > F77="gfortran-4.1 -maix64" \ > CXX="g++-4.1 -maix64" \ > --enable-BLAS-shlib --without-iconv > > > 2007/5/19, Jason Barnhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Per the request to test the latest tarball referenced below, I have >> built R on AIX 5.3. There is a memory issue, please see 3) below. >> >> 1) Build with --enable-BLAS-shlib option. Builds and >> passes "make check". >> >> 2) GNU libiconv was installed; R configured *without* >> the --without- >> iconv option. Builds and passes "make check." >> >> 3) Memory issue: >> a) Although the server possesses 8GB of RAM and >> system("ulimit") returns "unlimited" as its value, R does >> not >> "have enough memory." >> >> b) This code works on R-2.4.0 on WinXP with 2GB of RAM, but >> fails on the AIX build. Example code: >> >> > xx <- matrix(rep(1e+10,1e7),nrow=1e4,ncol=1e3) >> > tmp.df <- as.data.frame(cbind(xx,xx,xx)) >> Error: cannot allocate vector of size 228.9 Mb >> > gc() >> used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb) >> Ncells 233035 6.3 467875 12.5 350000 9.4 >> Vcells 10104141 77.1 31854441 243.1 30104289 229.7 >> >> 4) Used gcc-4.1.2; I have not tried the native compiler. >> >> Questions: >> >> 1) Are there suggestions on how to diagnose and resolve the >> memory >> issue? I'm still building my tool chain and I am in the midst >> of >> installing gdb. >> >> 2) Regarding the build process itself, is there more >> documentation >> or results that I should forward? >> >> Thanks, >> -jason >> >> >> > version _ >> platform powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0 >> arch powerpc >> os aix5.3.0.0 >> system powerpc, aix5.3.0.0 >> status RC >> major 2 >> minor 5.0 >> year 2007 >> month 04 >> day 22 >> svn rev 41276 >> language R >> version.string R version 2.5.0 RC (2007-04-22 r41276) >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Prof Brian Ripley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <R-devel@r-project.org> >> Cc: "Sheth, Jagat K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "kamil >> Marcinkowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tiong Lim" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >> "Eric Harley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Matthew Beason" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:27 PM >> Subject: [Rd] AIX testers needed >> >> >> > With much thanks to Ei-ji Nakama, R 2.5.0 alpha supports building >> > on >> > AIX >> > (at least AIX 5.2 on one system). >> > >> > Would anyone able to test this please get the latest tarball from >> > >> > http://cran.r-project.org/src/base-prerelease/R-latest.tar.gz >> > >> > and try installing (after reading the AIX notes in R-admin.html >> > section >> > C.9). >> > >> > In particular it would be very helpful to know if >> > >> > 1) --enable-BLAS-shlib works (it is the default everywhere except >> > AIX and >> > Darwin) >> > >> > 2) if people succeed in installing GNU libiconv and building >> > without >> > needing --without-iconv. >> > >> > I am Cc:ing all the people I tracked down who reported attempted >> > AIX >> > installations in 2006 in the hope that they may still be >> > interested. >> > >> > Please report success and any hints or problems in the R-devel >> > list. >> > >> > -- >> > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Professor of Applied Statistics, >> > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> > >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> >> > > > -- > EI-JI Nakama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "\u4e2d\u9593\u6804\u6cbb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel