From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 1 02:18:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA16328 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 02:18:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (ns.alcatel.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA16300 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 02:18:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id LAA09235; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:23:46 +0200 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id LAA26785; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:16:41 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from telss1 (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA04970; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:06:25 +0200 (MEST) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA26413; Thu, 1 Oct 98 11:04:42 +0200 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA203122444; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:00:44 +0200 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Thu, 1 Oct 98 11:00:30 +0200 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <36133998.30772036@t-online.de> Subject: C compiler limits Mime-Version: 1.0 To: spinner.rflab@t-online.de Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="C" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="C" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello you can use your swap partition as a /tmp directory by using MFS (Memory-based File System). man mount_mfs ;>) then your /tmp will be as large as your swap .... (and will be as fast as a RAM-disk - well almost ...) TfH > The following problem occurs in FreeBSD, trying to compile numerical > software with large need of memory ( about 30 MB ): > > Compiling ANSI C source code fails by (assembler) run-out of virtual > memory in /var/tmp/... > > Whence those questions: > > 1. How can I rise the pertinent compiler limits ( which are these - > and where to be found ) ? > > 2. Can I cause the compiler to fall back on swap instead of > /var/tmp/... ( 100 MB of swap are installed ) ? > > (The problem does not arise with Linux ). > > > Many thanks and Best wishes ! > > > S. Hein > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message