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Re: ARM sim patch: increase default target memory
> On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 07:46, Andrew Cagney wrote:
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> The number is a compromise between a fast simulator startup, sufficient memory for a typical simulation and unnecessary VM grab. It was also found to be sufficient for the basic GDB and GCC tests.
>
>
> Unfortunately this isn't true anymore. gcj is part of GCC and 2MB is
> not enough space.
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> As I said a compromise for the ``basic'' gcc tests. I recall this value being put up once before and people complaining that the basic tests slowed down and GDB grabbed too much memory.
Hmm, perhaphs a better way of looking at this is to ask where the line
should be drawn.
C? Fortran? C++? Java? Ada?
I dread the thought of hardwireing this to 32 mb (:-^) just so that
standalone C++ or Ada programs can be run without the -m flag.
I suspect C might be a good compromise :-)
enjoy,
Andrew