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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2016-01-29 12:56:16 +0100
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2016-01-29 12:56:23 +0100
commit69e2a4003be7873257372e775765d489848a826f (patch)
tree3d1ea0730c14e98e51a8d7e33ae3cb21f170e36c /doc
parent4b12266d80b52a644ec868183891df8d29502a7a (diff)
parentf9298cc60e093533ce109aedd7d54d59e87865cd (diff)
Merge #7423: doc: add example for building with constrained resources
f9298cc doc: add example for building with constrained resources (Jarret Dyrbye)
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@@ -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
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