[haiku-development] Re: Out of memory errors when virtual memory disabled
- From: "Ingo Weinhold" <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:09:01 +0100
Urias McCullough wrote:
> Same here... unless the idea is to lie about how much total memory is
> available so that programs don't request too much in advance and you
> can "overcommit" them later if they need it
>
> I seem to recall such a trick being used elsewhere - maybe Windows?
> where apps wouldn't try to allocate more than they needed if the
> system lied about how much was available?
The Haiku kernel is an honest fellow. It doesn't lie knowingly. :-)
CU, Ingo
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