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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-01-29 12:56:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-01-29 12:56:23 +0100 |
| commit | 69e2a4003be7873257372e775765d489848a826f (patch) | |
| tree | 3d1ea0730c14e98e51a8d7e33ae3cb21f170e36c | |
| parent | 4b12266d80b52a644ec868183891df8d29502a7a (diff) | |
| parent | f9298cc60e093533ce109aedd7d54d59e87865cd (diff) | |
Merge #7423: doc: add example for building with constrained resources
f9298cc doc: add example for building with constrained resources (Jarret Dyrbye)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build-unix.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 1121a3507f..60c9d57b0a 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -50,12 +50,15 @@ Optional dependencies: For the versions used in the release, see [release-process.md](release-process.md) under *Fetch and build inputs*. -System requirements +Memory Requirements -------------------- -C++ compilers are memory-hungry. It is recommended to have at least 1 GB of -memory available when compiling Bitcoin Core. With 512MB of memory or less -compilation will take much longer due to swap thrashing. +C++ compilers are memory-hungry. It is recommended to have at least 1.5 GB of +memory available when compiling Bitcoin Core. On systems with less, gcc can be +tuned to conserve memory with additional CXXFLAGS: + + + ./configure CXXFLAGS="--param ggc-min-expand=1 --param ggc-min-heapsize=32768" Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian ---------------------------------------------- |