Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:58:44 +0200 From: Dirk Kotze <dk@Nanoteq.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FW: Makeopts DEBUG=-g kernel option Message-ID: <F46C10D2F60F034BB106EAB4CD7E833C7A463EFBC9@ntq-ex.nanoteq.co.za>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi there I'm experiencing the following problem: All is well when I boot the standard FreeBSD 8.2 GENERIC kernel. The moment however when I comment out the line the line below, the kernel hangs upon boot after detecting the em0 device (the motherboard has 2 Intel 8257x dual Gigabit Ethernet cards). makeopts DEBUG=-g I'm using FreeBSD 8.2 on a WADE-8020 motherboard with an Intel QM57 chipset and Intel Core i5 CPU. The reason I'm trying to remove debugging options from the kernel is that I am trying to make the kernel footprint smaller. This leaves me with a few questions: 1) What are the risks/drawbacks/advantages of leaving debugging symbols in the kernel? 2) Why would debug symbols (of all things!) make the difference between a working and non-working kernel? 3) Does this point in the direction of some other (more serious problem perhaps?) with the hardware and/or other kernel drivers? Thanks so much for any assistance. Regards, Dirk Kotze Developer Nanoteq Important Notice: This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd e-mail legal notice available at: http://www.nanoteq.com/corp_profile/disclaimer.asp Important Notice: This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd e-mail legal notice available at: http://www.nanoteq.com/corp_profile/disclaimer.asp [-- Attachment #2 --] The message does not contain any threats AVG for MS Exchange Server (10.0.1416 - 2109/4756)help
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