From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 15 02:09:35 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA09706 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 02:09:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA09701 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 02:09:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.v-site.net (localhost.v-site.net [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA00725; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 02:03:59 -0800 Message-Id: <199512151003.CAA00725@rah.star-gate.com> X-Authentication-Warning: rah.star-gate.com: Host localhost.v-site.net didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: growing X server processes In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 Dec 1995 10:15:21 +0100." <199512150915.KAA00742@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 02:03:58 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dumb question, If XFree86 is moving to their on efficient malloc shouldn't we be doing the same ? 8) Enjoy, Amancio >>> J Wunsch said: > As Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > Probably a FAQ but: why is XF_S3 so much more memory hungry then > > XF_SVGA? I used an old ET4000 before and it did not grow nearly as > > much as the S3 I use now./ > > > > There has also been much debate about using gnumalloc. Was that just for > > building the clients and/or for the server? > > Mainly for the server. > > I believe you're still @ 2.0.5 and XFree86 3.1.1. The S3 server was > known to eat up mucho memory, and that's what has finally caused the > debate (and perhaps triggered phkmalloc :). > > XFree86 3.1.2 uses gnumalloc by default, and XFree86 is moving towards > their own malloc for the server (it's already in the latest beta, and > it seems to work fine). > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIP E > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) >