From: Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Namesys.COM>
To: VDA <VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel size
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:28:53 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15298.64405.809099.635670@beta.reiserfs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <163112682879.20011009161634@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
In-Reply-To: <163112682879.20011009161634@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
VDA writes:
> Hi folks
>
> I recompiled my kernel with GCC 3.0.1 (was 2.95.x)
> and guess what - it got bigger...
> Somehow, I hoped in linux world software gets better
> with time, not worse...
>
> Maybe that's my fault (misconfigured GCC etc) ?
> What do you see?
>
> Being curious, I looked into vmlinux (uncompressed kernel).
> I saw swatches of zero bytes in places, large repeateable
> patterns etc. You may look there too in your spare time.
>
> Especially informative are two pages (my console:100x40)
> filled with "GCC: (GNU) 3.0.1". Does this gets into
> unswappable memory when kernel loads?
strings /proc/kcore | egrep GCC
Haha, I got several pieces of your mail message while doing this.
(/proc/kcore is unique file, because grep of *any* string on it would
succeeded).
> --
> Best regards, VDA
> mailto:VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua
>
>
Nikita.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-09 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-09 14:16 kernel size VDA
2001-10-09 13:26 ` [solid]
2001-10-09 13:28 ` Nikita Danilov [this message]
2001-10-10 9:10 ` kernel size, kcore fun Helge Hafting
2001-10-09 14:16 ` kernel size Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-09 14:43 ` Ingo Oeser
2001-10-09 14:52 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-09 15:43 ` Horst von Brand
2001-10-09 15:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-10 1:29 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-10 13:00 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-10 14:47 ` vda
2001-10-11 12:41 ` vda
2001-10-10 1:30 ` Kenneth Johansson
2001-10-09 15:55 ` Jakub Jelinek
2001-10-10 1:27 ` Keith Owens
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-11 15:38 Ken Applebaum
2002-04-11 16:40 ` Conn Clark
2001-12-13 4:38 Kernel size rohit prasad
2001-12-07 8:53 kernel size rohit prasad
2001-12-07 16:46 ` Eli Carter
2001-10-04 13:11 Security question: "Text file busy" overwriting executables but not shared libraries? Eric W. Biederman
2001-10-04 14:24 ` Kernel size Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-13 20:35 ` Aaron Lehmann
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