Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:13:32 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel symbol file alternate location Message-ID: <AANLkTinOB2VhMVJMXom%2B8Nr57G_ngOAGgYg=BaL46Dvp@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <137EBEEE-0B62-4D4F-966C-43A3325C7DFB@gsoft.com.au> References: <137EBEEE-0B62-4D4F-966C-43A3325C7DFB@gsoft.com.au>
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On 5 August 2010 12:41, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: > Is it possible to tell installkernel to put the symbol files elsewhere? > > IMO somewhere in /usr would be good - you don't need them to boot (or cra= shdump, etc) and they increase the size of the kernel by a factor of 5(!), = eg.. > [cain 14:07] /tmp >du -sh kernel > 258M =A0 =A0kernel > [cain 14:07] /tmp >rm -f kernel/*.symbols > [cain 14:07] /tmp >du -sh kernel > =A050M =A0 =A0kernel Why not add support to the relevant libraries/code to support reading compressed symbol files? Adrian
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