Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:11:28 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: freebsd@hub.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very large kernel Message-ID: <20080817201018.G74207@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20080815235546.65415dg5hblf1oxu@webmail.hub.org> References: <20080301073329.GA1081@Alex1.kruijff.org> <47C93FD2.1010902@FreeBSD.org> <20080815235546.65415dg5hblf1oxu@webmail.hub.org>
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008, freebsd@hub.org wrote: > > Alex de Kruijff wrote: > > > I noticed that the kernel directory was very large compaired to 6.1. Is > > > this for debugging and can I safely remove the symbols files I want to > > > save some space? > > > > Yes but if you encounter a panic and need to submit a bug report then you > > will need at least the kernel.debug and whatever modules you are using. > > Two questions for this ... > > a. can I move these to a larger partition temporarily, and if I have a crash, > move them back to do debugging? > > b. is there some setting I can use in make.conf to have it auto-install the > symbols files to a seperate directory on 'installkernel'? If you do not clean your /usr/obj regularly, you can simply use make installkernel KERNCONF=MYOWN INSTALL_NODEBUG= and later use .symbols files from /usr/obj/.../sys/MYOWN/* Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: marck@FreeBSD.org ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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