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Re: Using large memory segments with a telnet session




Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:54:04AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >
> >Using the source I find:
> >
> > /* Note that reserving a huge amount of heap space does not result in
> > swapping since we are not committing it. */
> > /* FIXME: We should not be restricted to a fixed size heap no matter
> > what the fixed size is. */
> >
> > heap_chunk_in_mb = reg.get_int ("heap_chunk_in_mb", 128);
> > if (heap_chunk_in_mb < 4)
> >   {
> >     heap_chunk_in_mb = 4;
> >     reg.set_int ("heap_chunk_in_mb", heap_chunk_in_mb);
> >   }
> >
> >So if your program isn't finding the registry key then the heap_chunk is
> >4mb not 128mb.
> 
> The default size is 128MB if there is no registry entry but if someone
> specifies less than 4MB, then default to 4MB.
> 
> That's what this code is saying.
> 

I figured that out after reading Jeff's post, however I haven't had time
to correct myself sorry.

Cheers,
Earnie.

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