From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:06:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:06:38 -0500 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:42502 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:06:33 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: "MEHTA,HIREN (A-SanJose,ex1)" cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: stripping symbols from modules In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:34:15 CDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:06:23 +1100 Message-ID: <27955.980291183@ocs3.ocs-net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:34:15 -0500, "MEHTA,HIREN (A-SanJose,ex1)" wrote: >Is there any way to strip symbols from modules .o files ? Not safely. Some symbols must be kept to assist insmod and hot plugging, strip does not know about these special symbols. Why do you need to strip modules anyway? I don't see the point unless you are critically low on disk space. Stripping the symbols makes it much harder to debug oops in modules, ksymoops needs all the symbols. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/