From owner-freebsd-small Fri Jun 30 8:52:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE1E37C1AA for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:52:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e5UFqbk91987; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:52:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Roger Hardiman Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Optimise for space -Os In-Reply-To: <395C565E.67E1768B@cs.strath.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Roger Hardiman wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone had any luck compiling PicoBSD with the -Os > (optimise for space) switch to gcc. > > I've just tried it here on my 4.0-stable box with a > modified 'bridge' disk (modified so it would fit a floppy) > and the resultant disk seems just as full. 4.X PicoBSD has bigger issues. gzip kernel + loader just about fill the disk right there. Mike Smith is trying to prod me into getting rid of loader and go back to gluing the MFS image in the kernel again. I hate that but the write_mfs_in_kernel tool has reappeared under sysinstall's tree. Getting rid of loader would buy back ~150KB on the disk. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message