I've also started a thread here: 
http://answers.ros.org/question/154/minimizing-compiler-memory-pcl_ros

Please answer there, if you can.

W dniu 24.02.2011 14:22, futureignobel pisze:
> Hi,
>
> does anybody know, how to minimize the memory needed for gcc/g++ to 
> compile a particular package? I'm trying to compile the pcl_ros 
> package on a BeagleBoard-xM, but the compiler crashes each time 
> because the cc1plus process is being killed due to low memory (BB-xM 
> has 500MB of RAM). I've read a lot about this already, but found no 
> solution. I've already been able to compile openni and flann (which 
> also caused errors).
>
> The only thing I'd like to try out and wasn't still able to is adding 
> a "-finline-limit 600" (the number here may differ) compiler flag, as 
> I don't know how to use the rosbuild_add_compile_flags(target flag) 
> macro in case of flags with values.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I think being able to use Kinect on an 
> ARM based board would be great and the effort is well worth it. Among 
> small single board computers, ARM based boards cost 10 times less 
> than, for instance, the AscTec Atom with similar capabilities.
>
> Also, if anyone out there has got a PandaBoard and would like to check 
> whether what I've found out so far works with it, please let know.
>
> Cheers, Tom