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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:34:32 +0200
From: Thomas Binder <gryf@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de>
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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Alt Ram Troubles - 2
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Hi!

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 12:17:30AM -0400, Mark Duckworth wrote:
> The maxmem parameter was set around 4096Kbytes.  I wouldn't
> think that this parameter would exhibit the effect

Well, it does, and the reason's quite simple: If you limit the
memory available for programs via MAXMEM, Malloc(-1) will of
course report only that amount of memory the process is allowed to
allocate, not what is actually free in the system.


Ciao

Thomas


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