Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:11:53 +0300 (MSK) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very large kernel Message-ID: <20080301180146.N49885@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <47C93FD2.1010902@FreeBSD.org> References: <20080301073329.GA1081@Alex1.kruijff.org> <47C93FD2.1010902@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: KK> Alex de Kruijff wrote: KK> > I noticed that the kernel directory was very large compaired to 6.1. Is KK> > this for debugging and can I safely remove the symbols files I want to KK> > save some space? KK> KK> Yes but if you encounter a panic and need to submit a bug report then you KK> will need at least the kernel.debug and whatever modules you are using. What about gzipping .symbol files by default? It decreases symbol files size in about 50-60%, so i386 GENERIC kernel directory shrinks from 125m to 74m... Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: marck@FreeBSD.org ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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