MEMSetAllocModeForExpHeap

C Specification

#include <revolution/mem.h>

u16 MEMSetAllocModeForExpHeap( MEMHeapHandle heap, u16 mode );

Arguments

heap Expanded heap handle.
mode Memory allocation mode (see description below).

Return Values

Returns the memory allocation mode of the current expanded heap before configuration.

Description

Sets the memory allocation mode of the expanded heap.

The mode is specified with mode.

MEM_EXPHEAP_ALLOC_MODE_FIRST Allocates a memory block from the first free region that is at least the size of the memory block to allocate.
MEM_EXPHEAP_ALLOC_MODE_NEAR Searches for a free region nearest in size to the memory block to allocate, then allocates the memory block from this free region.

Immediately after the heap is created, the MEM_EXPHEAP_ALLOC_MODE_FIRST state is entered.

See Also

MEMGetAllocModeForExpHeap

Revision History

03/01/2006 Initial version.