[Mono-dev] [Patch] configure.in

[Andreas Färber]

Am 15.02.2008 um 05:35 schrieb C.J. Adams-Collier:

> We can modify the conditional with a fallback of "no" for unrecognized
> systems.  Whaddya think?

This is not about "unrecognized" systems. It's about 64-bit systems  
with < 4 GB RAM (below), or with > 4 GB where the switch is  
practically not needed. There is no real heuristic to decide upon  
this, and the standalone Boehm GC doesn't do so either AFAICT.

Andreas

> On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 19:25 +0100, Robert Jordan wrote:
>> Hi C.J.,
>>
>> C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> Here's a patch to turn on the big heap for systems with 8-byte  
>>> pointers.
>>>
>>
>> Not all systems with 8-byte pointers are "big". I think this should
>> remain a manual switch.
>>
>> Robert
>>
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