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Subject: Re: Debug kernel by default (was: System size with -g)
In-Reply-To: <19990407082416.H2142@lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Apr 7, 99 08:24:16 am"
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Greg Lehey writes:
> A number of other people have observed that the current boot loader
> doesn't load the symbols anyway, so you could install /kernel.debug
> only and still run normally.  I consider this a deficiency in the boot
> loader, since it should be possible to load the symbols.  Of course,

What advantage would that give? Ie, how would you use all the
debugging gunk better if it was loaded into memory instead of on
the disk? DDB doesn't understand it does it?

In any case, I like the idea of having ONE kernel and having the
loader not load the debugging gunk into memory.

-Archie

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