From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 24 5:58:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78E2C15118 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:58:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@florence.pavilion.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) id NAA16753; Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:56:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:56:35 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Michael Hartung Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel size Message-ID: <19990824135635.H62840@pavilion.net> References: <37C29452.906A2288@zkom.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <37C29452.906A2288@zkom.de>; from Michael Hartung on Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 02:47:15PM +0200 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, 24 The Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EL, England Phone: +44-845-333-5000 Fax: +44-845-333-5001 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 02:47:15PM +0200, Michael Hartung wrote: > Hello, > > FreeBSD 3.1: "1514418 Apr 7 13:16 kernel" ( 2236663 Feb 15 1999 > kernel.GENERIC ) > > > FreeBSD 3.2: "7877424 Aug 24 12:41 kernel" ( 2329748 May 18 06:05 > kernel.GENERIC ) > > The two kernelīs are based on exactly the same > kernel configuration file. The smaller one was > compiled on a 3.1 system, the bigger one on a > 3.2 system. > > What is the reason for 6363006 Bytes difference? > > Thanks in advance. > > Michael > I believe that we now store the symbol table in the kernel to make it easier to debug if a user has a crash. I also believe that it only takes disk space and that the symbols aren't loaded into memory. A 'strip -g' on the kernel should remove them if you're really really worried though. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message