Windows Mobile CE5 32 MB memory limit removal?

[xborfi]

hello

is there any hack to bypass or increase the 32 MB memory limit in WM 5 , 6 , 6.1 Or 6.5?

I am using a program that stops at 32 MB memory usage and It needs around 40+ MB to complete?
:rolleyes:

[l3v5y]

I seriously doubt it, as each application gets a 32MB "slot" of virtual memory to use, so there's a 32MB per process limit.

[kholk]

Are you using QEMU? :D

However, maybe this is possible.
We'll know if it's possible as soon as I try to run QEMU and install WindowsXP on my HTC HD2 ;)
If the WinXP installation will be fine and taking over 32MB of RAM, then it's possible even on other devices.

Why I'm talking about HD2?
This is simple.
The HD2 got a lot of RAM and this is a new device.. and maybe HTC has removed this limit. If this will work, I hope the limitation isn't in the NativeKernel!

[ramdroid77]

The limitation is in the native kernel. It doesn't matter how many RAM your device actually got. The whole memory management is build up on it. I doubt you could change that with a little hack. Actually I guess there's a lot more behind it than only a merely "if size >= 32K"....

Wait for WM 7 which is based on Windows CE 6 (or later) which doesn't have that limitation anymore, since they completely rewrote the native kernel therefore.

[charge1313]

I guess you could use multiple processes... It sucks, but I don't see another choice. The limit per process is 32 Mb. There is no limit on an app per-se afaik...

[l3it3r]

I guess you could use multiple processes... It sucks, but I don't see another choice. The limit per process is 32 Mb. There is no limit on an app per-se afaik...

Solution.

With a 32MB page per process, your only choice is to develop your app in multiple processes.
Sorry!