Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:08:12 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> Cc: Robert Bell <tradica@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Kernel build - new build too big Message-ID: <20021031150154.R5428-100000@fubar.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <200210312255.JAA15180@lightning.itga.com.au>
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Gregory Bond wrote:
> > The new kernel is almost twice as big.
> > Usually the diff is a few K at most.
> run "size /kernel*" for a more accurate idea of how big the program (as
> opposed to the program file) is.
He reported the size going up after an upgrade. If the output of ls or
size double after an upgrade... The numbers have doubled. As long as you
compare apples with apples, I believe ls or size serves our purpose.
FWIW, my kernel did not change much at all after my last cvsup,
mike@mojo{~}$ ls -al /kern*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2270494 Oct 9 18:02 /kernel*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2270201 Sep 19 14:02 /kernel.old*
mike@mojo{~}$ size /kern*
text data bss dec hex filename
1640773 226708 117268 1984749 1e48ed /kernel
1640521 226644 117268 1984433 1e47b1 /kernel.old
So, no significant changes observed here, but that doesn't really tell you
anything!
He was using a laptop, perhaps it's apm, etc. related. Regardless, why
run a GENERIC (or "close to GENERIC") kernel? I don't see anything in
/sys/i386/conf/* that's too difficult to understand... So why load
options you don't need?
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