From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
To: Geoffrey Espin <espin@idiom.com>
Cc: linux-mips-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-mips <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: compiler problem
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:07:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011114140714.A26099@lucon.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011114132651.A85263@idiom.com>; from espin@idiom.com on Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 01:26:51PM -0800
On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 01:26:51PM -0800, Geoffrey Espin wrote:
>
> I discovered that HJ Lu's toolchain seems to generate binaries
> sometimes nearly twice what I used to get with the old VR toolchain.
> Here are some of my apps (-static -stripped):
^^^^^^^
>
> OLD 'VR' tools
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302384 Oct 4 2001 chat
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 443848 Oct 4 2001 iptables
> -r-sr-x--- 1 root root 619620 Oct 4 2001 pppd
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 445788 Oct 4 2001 thttpd
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 335560 Oct 4 2001 udhcpd
>
> NEW gcc version 2.96 20000731
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root espin 543876 Nov 13 16:13 chat
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 espin espin 740092 Nov 13 16:13 iptables
> -r-sr-x--- 1 root pppusers 907256 Nov 13 16:13 pppd
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 espin espin 703880 Nov 13 16:13 thttpd
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 espin espin 599200 Nov 13 16:13 udhcpd
>
>
> I guess this is most likely a glibc issue?
Yes. If you use -static, the binary will be bigger. If you want
smaller binaries, you should check out my sglibc.
H.J.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-14 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-12 18:53 compiler problem Pete Popov
2001-11-14 2:47 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-11-14 21:26 ` Geoffrey Espin
2001-11-14 22:07 ` H . J . Lu [this message]
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