Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:20:52 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: ahill@interconnect.com.au (Anthony Hill) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Before and after the cure (was Re: malloc upgrade) Message-ID: <199603070150.MAA27990@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960307120025.8508C-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> from "Anthony Hill" at Mar 7, 96 12:08:05 pm
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Anthony Hill stands accused of saying: > > On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > > > The XFree people are working on a custom allocator specifically tuned to > > the way that X uses memory. You can build the XFree servers using the > > stock malloc (the current distributions), with gnumalloc (which is better) > > or with phkmalloc (the 'new' malloc Luigi is talking about). > > Unfortunatly, being fairly new to this stuff, I dont know how to go about > building XFree using a different malloc. It seems as though lots of Grab the XFree86 server build kit, and edit the Makefile. The buildkit's on the CD. > Anthony -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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