Commit ba18d6d3 by Toon Moene Committed by Toon Moene

news.texi: Mention 2 Gbyte limit on 32-bit targets for arrays explicitly in news on g77-3.1.

2002-06-28  Toon Moene  <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>

	* news.texi: Mention 2 Gbyte limit on 32-bit targets
	for arrays explicitly in news on g77-3.1.

From-SVN: r55075
parent 3cdd2821
2002-06-28 Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
* news.texi: Mention 2 Gbyte limit on 32-bit targets
for arrays explicitly in news on g77-3.1.
Thu Jun 20 21:56:34 2002 Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.co.uk> Thu Jun 20 21:56:34 2002 Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.co.uk>
* lang-specs.h: Use cc1 for traditional preprocessing. * lang-specs.h: Use cc1 for traditional preprocessing.
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...@@ -209,11 +209,12 @@ prog.f:2: ...@@ -209,11 +209,12 @@ prog.f:2:
^ ^
Array `a' at (^) is too large to handle Array `a' at (^) is too large to handle
@end smallexample @end smallexample
because 140 000 000 reals is larger than the largest bit-extent that can be because 140 000 000 REALs is larger than the largest bit-extent that can be
expressed in 32 bits. However, bit-sizes never play a role after offsets expressed in 32 bits. However, bit-sizes never play a role after offsets
have been converted to byte addresses. Therefore this check has been removed. have been converted to byte addresses. Therefore this check has been removed,
Note: On GNU/Linux systems one has to compile programs that occupy more and the limit is now 2 Gbyte of memory (around 530 000 000 REALs).
than 1 Gbyte statically, i.e.@: @code{g77 -static ...}. Note: On GNU/Linux systems one has to compile and link programs that occupy
more than 1 Gbyte statically, i.e.@: @code{g77 -static ...}.
@item @item
Based on work done by Juergen Pfeifer (@email{juergen.pfeifer@@gmx.net}) Based on work done by Juergen Pfeifer (@email{juergen.pfeifer@@gmx.net})
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