Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:30:43 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Alessandro de Manzano <adm@unixmania.net>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is a debug kernel slower than a non-debug one ? Message-ID: <20020409123042.K9535@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020406233900.D6659-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> References: <20020406113033.I81917@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020406233900.D6659-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Saturday, 6 April 2002 at 23:40:45 -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >>> Note that the kernel binary with debugging symbols is left in >>> /sys/compile/MYKERNEL/kernel.debug while the actual kernel is stripped >>> before installation into /kernel. >>> >>> If the debugging kernel was actually loaded it would be gigantic :) >> >> No, since the transition to ELF, none of the debugging information >> gets loaded into core. Try it. > > Huh? I know that since 3.X, the kernel with debugging symbols is NOT > loaded into the actual installed, running kernel. However, you can specify > a debugging kernel to kgdb as the exec-file and it will load > properly. Sure, but that wasn't the question. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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