Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:52:47 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: debug kernel size Message-ID: <19991101145247.56786@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911011757500.45098-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from J McKitrick on Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 06:01:40PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911011757500.45098-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Monday, 1 November 1999 at 18:01:40 +0000, J McKitrick wrote: > I've seen some posts here to the effect that there is no need to strip > debug info from a kernel, because this info is not loaded into memory. > But somewhere in Lehey's book, i thought i saw a statement that the > symbols ARE loaded into memory to allow debugging, and so they DO take up > system resources. WHich is true? Both :-) > p.s. I'll keep looking for that statement, i thought i found it > but it was the wrong one... Tell me when you find it, and I'll remove it. The statement (if it's there) was true when I wrote it (when we had a.out kernels), but it no longer applies to elf kernels. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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