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Date:      Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:57:28 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        lev@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: is it Ok to strip kernel & modules?
Message-ID:  <D0B25583-5003-4B7B-8AC7-F042C4EDC92B@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <8406480.20140326021403@serebryakov.spb.ru>
References:  <8406480.20140326021403@serebryakov.spb.ru>

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On Mar 25, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Hello, Freebsd-current.
>=20
> Why our kernel, even built without DEBUG, is not stripped? It could =
sabe
> 1.5Mb out of 8Mb for "router-like" (network, wifi, some netgraph, UFS, =
NFS and
> USB) kernel...
>=20
> But maybe, here are some reasons not to strip it?

If you strip the kernel, then you won=92t be able to use anything that =
opens up
kernel memory to read answers out of it. I think this is all wrapped in =
ksyms, so
you could grep for it. Be thankful that ifconfig no longer is on this =
list :)

Warner




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