[tor-bugs] #10992 [Tor bundles/installation]: Provide a way to customize the amount of memory a Gitian VM (via KVM) is allocating

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#10992: Provide a way to customize the amount of memory a Gitian VM (via KVM) is
allocating
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     Reporter:  gk                        |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  enhancement               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:  gitian
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Old description:

> Currently Gitian is allowing 2GByte RAM to be used by the virtual machine
> by default. Similar to making the number of CPUs customizable (by
> exporting NUM_PROCS) we should provide a way to allow a different amount
> of RAM.

New description:

 Currently Gitian is allowing 2GiB RAM to be used by the virtual machine by
 default. Similar to making the number of CPUs customizable (by exporting
 NUM_PROCS) we should provide a way to allow a different amount of RAM.

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Comment (by gk):

 See bug_10992 in my public tor-browser-bundle repo for a branch to
 test/review.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10992#comment:1>
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