From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KQSw4-0004sa-Eo for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:15:12 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQSw3-0004qq-Ii for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:15:11 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQSw2-0004oe-Hh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:15:10 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40526 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQSw2-0004oF-5C for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:15:10 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:39515) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQSw1-0007SV-L9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:15:10 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KQSoh-0002fD-45 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:07:35 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KQSux-0000OL-K2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:14:03 +0200 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:14:03 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080805201403.GD1113@thorin> References: <20080805074229.3e5862c5@gibibit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080805074229.3e5862c5@gibibit.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] gdb support in GRUB build system X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:15:11 -0000 On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 07:42:29AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > > We could make it a 'configure' option like '--enable-debug' or > something, but it seems like minimal overhead to generate the .elf > files for gdb in addition to "real" GRUB files. I'd favour the --enable-debug. Even if it's a small overhead, it becomes a big problem when you are out of space and need to start looking around to see what can be shaved off. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."