Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:42:32 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel compile bloat Message-ID: <20030105154232.48bc4879.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20030105220017.T14049-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> References: <20030105220017.T14049-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au>
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On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:14:26 +1000 (EST)
Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> wrote:
>
> Why does compiling a kernel (make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC) take
> 7 times as much space on 5.0-current than it does on 4.7-stable?
>
> On a 4.7-stable box, /usr/obj/usr/src/sys totals 34 MB.
>
> On a 5.0-current box, /usr/obj/usr/src/sys totals 270 MB!
>
> (for each box, I rm /usr/obj/*, make buildworld, then make buildkernel
> KERNCONF=GENERIC)
Because debug symbols are enabled in 5.0 for kernel compiles (the
installed kernel is without debug symbols, but in your kernel build
directory should also be a much larger kernel.debug).
Bye,
Alexander.
--
Loose bits sink chips.
http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net
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