Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 19:21:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>, gjb@comkey.com.au, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Veto? (was: Debug kernel by default (was: System size with -g)) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990406191655.1119B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19990407114127.Y2142@lemis.com>
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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > > Have you tried this out? I have. I did the following on a 486DX/2-66 > with 16 MB, running 2.2.6: > > time build directory size > no symbols 34 min 5 MB > symbols 44 min 25 MB On my P90 non-symbols.. about 6 minutes symbols... about 25 minutes :-) (running X machine was unusable however) this is from memory.. I added more RAM (and anyhow build on another machine now :-) > > So you're right about the size. I don't see a really big difference > with the time; after using modern machines, it's painful either way, > but people who are used to building kernels on a 386/20 with 8 MB will > be delighted :-) > > I still definitely think that there should be a way to override the > symbols for people who really insist on not having them, but I don't > think that time or space are such an argument. > > Does anybody want to execute a power of veto, or shall I commit some > changes? If you turn it on, make it a DEAD SNAP to turn it off (maybe even look as sysctl hw.usermem or something.) > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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