Re: [GHC] #10791: Add a --disable-large-memory-space configure option

#10791: Add a --disable-large-memory-space configure option -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: erikd | Owner: erikd Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Build System | Version: 7.11 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: Phab:D1170 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Erik de Castro Lopo ): In [changeset:"fba724ccabd295fc37e71ba6c4f892822a831d19/ghc" fba724cc/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="fba724ccabd295fc37e71ba6c4f892822a831d19" configure.ac: Allow disabling of large-address-space Recent changes (commit 0d1a8d09f4) for 64 bit platforms allowed GHC to mmap one huge (currently 1 terrabyte) memory region from which to do its own allocations. This is enabled by default, but it would be nice (even just from the point of view of testing) to be able to disable this at configure time. Test Plan: configure and grep mk/config.h for USE_LARGE_ADDRESS_SPACE Reviewers: austin, ezyang, bgamari, rwbarton Subscribers: thomie Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1170 GHC Trac Issues: #10791 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10791#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler