Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 22:44:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>, small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Optimise for space -Os Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0007012241080.48866-100000@mx.webgiro.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006300851050.21808-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Roger Hardiman wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Has anyone had any luck compiling PicoBSD with the -Os > > (optimise for space) switch to gcc. > > > > I've just tried it here on my 4.0-stable box with a > > modified 'bridge' disk (modified so it would fit a floppy) > > and the resultant disk seems just as full. > > 4.X PicoBSD has bigger issues. gzip kernel + loader just about fill the > disk right there. > > Mike Smith is trying to prod me into getting rid of loader and go back to > gluing the MFS image in the kernel again. I hate that but the > write_mfs_in_kernel tool has reappeared under sysinstall's tree. Getting > rid of loader would buy back ~150KB on the disk. I think it's fine for the truly embedded setups, which run on well-defined hardware - they can use monolithic image. For installation floppies, or portable dial-up tool, in my opinion it's better to still use the loader, but without Forth, and instead of monolithic kernel build a pretty minimal one + additional floppy/tarball with modules. Andrzej Bialecki // <abial@webgiro.com> WebGiro AB, Sweden (http://www.webgiro.com) // ------------------------------------------------------------------- // ------ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.freebsd.org -------- // --- Small & Embedded FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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