Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-15 Thread Michael Ost
On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 15:55, Uwe Bonnes (bon_at_elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de) wrote: > The definition of the task is clear: > Have a way to tell the kernel to not mmap memory above 0x7fff > However the implementation is unclear to me: > - Should this be a new syscall? > - Or should we se

Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-11 Thread Mike Hearn
Uwe Bonnes wrote: The definition of the task is clear: Have a way to tell the kernel to not mmap memory above 0x7fff However the implementation is unclear to me: - Should this be a new syscall? - Or should we set some kernel parameter? Per task or global? Hints (or patches to test) welcome. I w

Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-11 Thread Uwe Bonnes
> "Mike" == Mike Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:15:34 +0100, Uwe Bonnes wrote: >> However nothing seems to have happened with regard to that problem >> until now. Could we revive that discussion? Mike> I think somebody needs to write a patch and

Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-10 Thread Duane Clark
Duane Clark wrote: Mike Hearn wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:15:34 +0100, Uwe Bonnes wrote: However nothing seems to have happened with regard to that problem until now. Could we revive that discussion? I think somebody needs to write a patch and send it to the kernel guys. What has to be done is

Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-10 Thread Duane Clark
Mike Hearn wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:15:34 +0100, Uwe Bonnes wrote: However nothing seems to have happened with regard to that problem until now. Could we revive that discussion? I think somebody needs to write a patch and send it to the kernel guys. What has to be done is fairly well defined

Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-10 Thread Mike Hearn
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:15:34 +0100, Uwe Bonnes wrote: > However nothing seems to have happened with regard to that problem until > now. Could we revive that discussion? I think somebody needs to write a patch and send it to the kernel guys. What has to be done is fairly well defined (or at least,

Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-10 Thread Duane Clark
Walt Ogburn wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Uwe Bonnes wrote: Setting /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout, like proposed by Ingo, lets the app finally run. To Mark Knecht: If you have a copy of jack_fst without the special memory allocation hack, you might try it and see if this suggestion makes any differe

Re: flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-10 Thread Walt Ogburn
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Uwe Bonnes wrote: > > Setting /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout, like proposed by Ingo, lets the app > finally run. > To Mark Knecht: If you have a copy of jack_fst without the special memory allocation hack, you might try it and see if this suggestion makes any difference. Ma

flexible-mmap breaks application

2005-03-10 Thread Uwe Bonnes
Hallo, from the XILINX Ise suite (version 6.3 tested), the GUI (_pn.exe) and the web update (webupdate.exe) crash with recent CVS when run on a 2.6 Kernel (Suse 9.2, 2.6.11.1-20050307183958-default, but also the default 2.6 distribution kernel and a Athlon/ Pentium M). Both programs run fine with