Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:53:10 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very large kernel Message-ID: <20080301235310.GD1081@Alex1.kruijff.org> In-Reply-To: <20080301180146.N49885@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <20080301073329.GA1081@Alex1.kruijff.org> <47C93FD2.1010902@FreeBSD.org> <20080301180146.N49885@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 06:11:53PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > KK> Alex de Kruijff wrote: > KK> > I noticed that the kernel directory was very large compaired to 6.1. Is > KK> > this for debugging and can I safely remove the symbols files I want to > KK> > save some space? > KK> > KK> Yes but if you encounter a panic and need to submit a bug report then you > KK> will need at least the kernel.debug and whatever modules you are using. > > What about gzipping .symbol files by default? > > It decreases symbol files size in about 50-60%, so i386 GENERIC kernel > directory shrinks from 125m to 74m... I like this idea. The root is usaly small. In edition they could be removed from kernel.old when updating by default. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. Howtos based on my personal use, including information about setting up a firewall and creating traffic graphs with MRTG http://alex.kruijff.org/FreeBSD/
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