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Re: 1.7.0 CVS mmap failure


> Since overmapping doesn't work on Windows, unfortunately, I implemented
> the above mentioned technique, which isn't much code anyway.  It
> reserves a memory lot big enough to fit in the whole mapping, memorizes
> the address, free's the memory again and then uses the new address in
> the subsequent real mappings.
> 
> This should work (knock on wood) on all systems now.  My testcases still
> work on my 512 MB machine, so I'd appreciate if you could give the latest
> snapshot a try on /3GB enabled machines.

This works on my machine now. So previously why was the former method
failing, do you think?

-cl

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