[ECOS] configuration for malloc

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 11:00:23AM -0600, paape@Hi-Techniques.com wrote:
> hello,
> I'm attempting to use malloc in my i386 configuration.  The call always
> returns zero.
> If I enable 'asserting', I see the following at startup:
> ASSERT FAIL:
> <1>mvarimpl.inl[184]Cyg_Mempool_Variable_Implementation::Cyg_Mempoo
> l_Variable_Implementation() heap too small
> ASSERT FAIL: <1>mvarimpl.inl        [ 184]
> Cyg_Mempool_Variable_Implementation::
> Cyg_Mempool_Variable_Implementation()                           heap too
> small
> 
> I am using the simple allocator with the size of the fallback dynamic memory
> pool set to 23068672.

Take a look at
packages/services/memalloc/common/current/include/mvarimpl.inl, line
184. 

Something strange is happening when its laying out the memory. I would
add some debug prints for base, size, alignment, bottom, and top. That
may give us an idea what is going on.

    Andrew

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