Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:05:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Debug kernel by default (was: System size with -g) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904072302430.378-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19990408122944.D2142@lemis.com>
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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:
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> > Will that include a stripping of the previous kernel?
> >
> > if -x /kernel
> > strip -g /kernel
> > mv /kernel
> >
> > This is required or otherwise make the root partition bigger by
> > default. 2x10Mb for the kernel does not leave a lot of room for
> > etc. Patch for this is available if wanted. Just bounce me a
> > message.
>
> Well, that's not quite the way I'm doing it. By default, I make a
> kernel called kernel.debug and use the following rule to create a
> stripped kernel:
>
> ${KERNEL}: ${KERNEL}.debug
> objcopy --strip-debug ${KERNEL}.debug ${KERNEL}
>
> The 'install' target installs the stripped kernel, and depends on this
> rule.
Seeing as most folks don't have an extra 10 megs of room in / to play
around with, they'd be real unhappy to have the full kernel stuck in /,
even if it was immediately stripped. That's not going to occur here,
right?
>
> Greg
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