From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 5 19:45:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA22218 for current-outgoing; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 19:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA22206 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 19:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA22998 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 19:44:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA29508; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 12:11:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706060241.MAA29508@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: page fault In-Reply-To: <19970605223427.LN28350@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Jun 5, 97 10:34:27 pm" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 12:11:51 +0930 (CST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > As mika ruohotie wrote: > > > > Be careful to not accidentally load this bloated kernel into > > > memory. :) > > > > it's only about 9 mgs. why not? > > Because you're bloating physical memory with a symbol table you're > never going to make _any_ use of. (DDB can't use the local symbols > and various strings anyway.) It's not too hard to say ``strip -d > /kernel'' before rebooting, is it? :) ... but if you leave them in, you get filenames and line numbers with your traps. I happen to like that sometimes 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[