A bit late for this topic perhaps, but my observation is that clang uses far less (~30%) RAM than gcc when building gem5, so it might be worth a shot if you're running with 4 GB.
Andreas From: "pmo...@masonlive.gmu.edu<mailto:pmo...@masonlive.gmu.edu>" <pmo...@masonlive.gmu.edu<mailto:pmo...@masonlive.gmu.edu>> Reply-To: gem5 users mailing list <gem5-users@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users@gem5.org>> Date: Friday, 28 December 2012 19:38 To: gem5 users mailing list <gem5-users@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users@gem5.org>> Subject: Re: [gem5-users] Gem5 compiling error I put 4 GB RAM and 8 GB for SWAP memory. Just add a 7 GB to your swap memory ( as a file) and it should be fine. Good luck, Parnian ________________________________ From: gem5-users-boun...@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users-boun...@gem5.org> [gem5-users-boun...@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users-boun...@gem5.org>] on behalf of ali bagherian [alibg...@gmail.com<mailto:alibg...@gmail.com>] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 1:08 PM To: m...@cs.umass.edu<mailto:m...@cs.umass.edu>; gem5 users mailing list Subject: Re: [gem5-users] Gem5 compiling error Hi again, Thanks for your help, My machine has 4 GB memory. How much more I need ? Thanks, Ali On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Eliot Moss <m...@cs.umass.edu<mailto:m...@cs.umass.edu>> wrote: On 12/28/2012 10:00 AM, Hossein Nikoonia wrote: Or you can use more swap! ... and wait for days while paging. Truly, I found it much easier to build on a machine with adequate RAM for the task ... Eliot Moss _______________________________________________ gem5-users mailing list gem5-users@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users@gem5.org> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. _______________________________________________ gem5-users mailing list gem5-users@gem5.org http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users
