If you have less than 1 GB of RAM, I wouldn't even try to link the biggest binaries. 2 GB of RAM should be sufficient, although with 4 and more it's better. And you will notice the change after switching to gold.
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:58, Adam Langley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Akira <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was building on Fedora 10 and was able to compile but the > > linking stage (see below) consumes more and more memory- the 500Mb of > > remaining memory, then another 1Gb of swap- before being killed. > > Are you using gold? > > http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxFasterBuilds#Linking_using_gold > > If not, that's the single biggest win for linking size and speed. I > know Evan builds on his laptop using gold, but I don't know the exact > specs. > > > AGL > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
