Date: 26 Feb 2000 03:48:36 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is my new kernel so big? Message-ID: <897eu4$pr3$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> References: <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200002251624.LAA18500@benge.graphics.cornell.edu>
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Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> wrote: > # /usr/sbin/config -g FREEBIE > > Mike, take a look at the paragraphs following that line. They explain > why Greg thinks you should use -g. If you want to save that space, > leave out the -g. Notice that "make install" will install a stripped kernel, i.e. one without all the debugging symbols added by "-g". If you ever need to debug it, the symbols can be fetched from /sys/compile/HOST/kernel. In short, there's no size penalty for the installed kernel if you configure it with "-g". I do this for all my kernels I build. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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