Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:50:51 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Simon Ironside <sironside@interfone.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R GENERIC makeoptions DEBUG=-g Message-ID: <a78074950511140050t44496b25vfd8144c3b72830cf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43784DC6.4000809@interfone.net> References: <436BCD90.40709@interfone.net> <43784DC6.4000809@interfone.net>
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Hi, Simon, On 11/14/05, Simon Ironside <sironside@interfone.net> wrote: > Hi, > > /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC has this line uncommented - is this on purpose? I > commented it out before building a new kernel. > > makeoptions DEBUG=-g I think this is intentional. Having DEBUG=-g means that you have a kernel.debug which contains debugging symbols, which is quite useful if you get a kernel panic and want to report it back. On the other hand, debugging symbols would be stripped before you install a new kernel so it does not affect the running kernel. Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net
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