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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

Out of memory error while compiling the altia generated files using nios gcc compiler

nios2-elf-gcc.exe is used for compiling the altia generated images and font files. File size is 64MB. An error is thrown while compiling as out of memory. Is there is any limitaion of file size or...
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15 years ago

I don't believe gcc has any internal limits - other than available system memory.

If you are compiling a 64MB C source file you probably need a lot of memory/swap.

I'm not sure if windows has per process memory limits (cf ulimit), but it might be that the windows swap/page file isn't big enough.