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From: David Lindsay <dav7@dav7.net>
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Subject: [Qemu-devel] ncurses option uses heaps of RAM - why?
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To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

When I use QEMU with the -curses option, it'll consume 800MB of RAM. I
really like this feature but I only have 512MB of RAM so it's not
possible for me to use this option currently.

What can I do about it (other than upgrade, which I'm incapable of
doing at this point)?

Thanks!

-dav7