Re: Memory mapped file API failed

"gUnOm" <dontMailMe>:)@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>If you have 64 bit address bus(P III) then try for 2 gb. I think it will
>work.

No, it won't. The maximum amount of memory that can be mapped into kernel
mode is determined by the number of kernel page table entries. That number
is fixed at boot time and depends, in part, on the amount of physical
memory.

However, a few hundred megabytes is the upper limit.
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