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Re: fixing heap_chunk_in_mb to 512MB doesn't work
Hello, can't help you but I had the same problem. Sometimes Cygwin's
configuration sits in different parts of the registry, have a look in
LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\..etc..
If you have any luck, let me know, I just had to give up for the time-being.
Regards
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"Christophe Trophime" <trophime@grenoble.cnrs.fr> wrote in message
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> As far as I have understood allocation is limited to 128 MB
> in cygwin 1.3.12 but one can increased this limit by setting
> heap_chunk_in_mb registry key.
>
> I tried to fix this value to 512 Mb using :
> regtool set '\user\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\heap_chunk_in_mb'
> 512
>
> But when I compile this little test program it fails (Aborted (cored
> dumped)):
>
> #include <iostream>
> using namespace std;
>
> int main(){
>
> char * tab_ptr = new char [256 * 1024 * 1024];
> if ( !tab_ptr ) {
> cerr << "Malloc failed\n";
> exit(1);
> }
> delete tab_ptr;
> return 0;
> }
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
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