Kernel32: 3GB UserSpace boot option

Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry at codeweavers.com
Wed Oct 15 03:37:46 CDT 2008


"Stefan Reimer" <lists at startux.de> wrote:

> I hacked wine to enable 3GB user address space just like the /3GB boot.ini
> option for windows. ( see patch )
> This actually works like a charm playing everquest2 which crashes from
> time to time without this patch due to running out of memory.
> 
> To do it right, should this "3GB Option" be enabled by a wine start
> parameter or a registry key ? Is the registry already setup during the
> call of libs/wine/mmap.c ?

There is no need for hacks like that, 3 Gb address space limit is already
implemented in Wine, but is being activated only for applications marked
as IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE for obvious reasons.

-- 
Dmitry.



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