Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.3.99-pre5 Kernel Compile

[David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>]

Alternatively, strip the debug info with "strip" or "objcopy
--strip-all".  The debug info is quite useful when you need to map
kernel addresses to source code (gdb does that very well).

Perhaps the real question should be: why is it that gcc produces such
bloated debug info?  I'm not 100% sure, but I do believe that it would
be possible to do a lot better (perhaps with help from the linker).

	--david

>>>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:47:47 -0600, Don Dugger <n0ano@valinux.com> said:

  Don> Ronen- Remove the `-g' flag from the `CFLAGS' definition in
  Don> your top level `Makefile' and your kernel should go back to
  Don> ~5M.

  Don> On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 10:40:02AM -0400, roneng@ca.ibm.com
  Don> wrote:
  >> 
  >> 
  >> Hi,
  >> 
  >> I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with very large
  >> kernel sizes when compiling the 2.3.99-pre5 kernel with the 4/24
  >> patch.  When I compile this kernel I get a 34Mb kernel, but when
  >> I compile the 2.3.47 kernel sources in turbolinux distribution
  >> with the same .config file I get a 5MB kernel. The toolchains I
  >> have tries have been the 2/16 toolchain included with the
  >> turbolinux distribution and the 3/23 toolchain (
  >> gnupro-2.9-000323.src.rpm).
  >> 
  >> 
  >> Thank you, Ronen Grosman - e-mail roneng@ca.ibm.com
  >> 
  >> 
  >> 
  >> 
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