From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Don Dugger Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 19:15:29 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Kernel: which machine to choose? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Gerrit- By default the top level `Makefile' specifies the `-g' flag, which puts about 40MB of debug info into the kernel executable. Just remove this flag and your kernel should drop dramatically in size. On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 11:55:11AM -0700, Gerrit.Huizenga@us.ibm.com wrote: > > $ gcc -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ia64-redhat-linux/2.9-ia64-000216-final/specs > gcc version 2.9-ia64-000216-final > > I get 40 MB kernels, although the size of text/data/bss/etc. are about the > same as the 7-8 MB kernels shipped with the RedHat distro on my machine. -- Don Dugger "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale n0ano@valinux.com Ph: 303/938-9838