Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:23:05 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: small update to handbook about debug kernels Message-ID: <20000714142305.R48641@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000713010635.A11472@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> References: <20000711131846.L11000@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000712103922.A29642@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20000712145451.D11000@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000713010635.A11472@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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--2qwbT0JTInWqknst Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nik Clayton wrote: > Yes. But wrap it in "<tip>...</tip>". just to confirm, you mean all that text, like this: + <tip> + <para>If you are using FreeBSD 3 or earlier, you should make a strip= ped + copy of the debug kernel, rather than installing the large debug + kernel itself:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cp kernel kernel.debug</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>strip -g kernel</userinput></screen> + + <para>This stage isn't necessary, but it is recommended. (In + FreeBSD 4 and later releases this step is performed automatically + at the end of the kernel <command>make</command> process.) + When the kernel has been stripped, either automatically or by + using the commands above, you may install it as usual by typing + <command>make install</command>.</para> + + <para>Note that older releases of FreeBSD (up to but not including + 3.1) used a.out kernels by default, which must have their symbol + tables permanently resident in physical memory. With the larger + symbol table in an unstripped debug kernel, this is wasteful. + Recent FreeBSD releases use ELF kernels where this is no longer a + problem.</para> + </tip> right? I'll commit this tonight if that's right, and I don't get sidetracked... --=20 Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / --2qwbT0JTInWqknst Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: OH/nCTu38uw/PLAGerzifSZB4cuW1O8N iQCVAwUBOW8UOSsPVtiZOS99AQGhhAP9HaFiF1zWqfUm5XlXYTCSCD1FKNYf2cLY bYg4fGDBTx7fRaUuxp4cLPkjNwx5K+FrnJjie1MvJhrZoaxji4RJbSbMfifasLwW 9BYkfZEYKBb921qgnuo8XKrCGi8pvUqVC7X0oIyU+IGccZh2oKMIBm3NlawEaFiN A0emZYSc9Tw= =9BsZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2qwbT0JTInWqknst-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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