From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263828AbTJFRrt (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:47:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264000AbTJFRrq (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:47:46 -0400 Received: from turkey.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.126]:20387 "EHLO turkey.mail.pas.earthlink.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263828AbTJFRq5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:46:57 -0400 Message-ID: <00b401c38c31$d1360390$2eedfea9@kittycat> From: "jdow" To: "Jesper Juhl" , "Matthias Andree" Cc: References: <20031006082340.GA1135@matchmail.com> <1065428996.5033.5.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20031006083803.GB1135@matchmail.com> <20031006102415.GB7598@merlin.emma.line.org> Subject: Re: 71MB compressed for COMPILED(!!!) 2.6.0-test6 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:46:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Jesper Juhl" > On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Matthias Andree wrote: > > > On Mon, 06 Oct 2003, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > > > config DEBUG_INFO > > > bool "Compile the kernel with debug info" > > > depends on DEBUG_KERNEL > > > help > > > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > > > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > > > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > > > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > > > > > "Larger kernel image" yeah, NO SHIT! ;) > > > > > > Maybe something that says it may enlarge your kernel by 5-10 times would be > > > nice... > > > > Send a patch... > > > > How about this one? : > > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/alpha/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/alpha/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/alpha/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:39.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/alpha/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:10:32.000000000 +0200 > @@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/arm26/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm26/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/arm26/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:29.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm26/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:08:55.000000000 +0200 > @@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/i386/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/i386/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/i386/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:10.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/i386/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:05:38.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/ia64/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/ia64/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/ia64/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:51:04.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/ia64/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:10:08.000000000 +0200 > @@ -683,6 +683,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/m68k/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/m68k/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/m68k/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:29.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/m68k/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:09:33.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1166,6 +1166,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/parisc/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/parisc/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/parisc/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:29.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/parisc/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:12:14.000000000 +0200 > @@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/ppc/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/ppc/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/ppc/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:51:12.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/ppc/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:06:47.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1390,6 +1390,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use some sort of debugger to > debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/ppc64/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/ppc64/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/ppc64/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:25.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/ppc64/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:11:00.000000000 +0200 > @@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/s390/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/s390/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/s390/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:16.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/s390/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:13:03.000000000 +0200 > @@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/sparc64/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/sparc64/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/sparc64/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:53.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/sparc64/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:07:22.000000000 +0200 > @@ -819,6 +819,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > diff -ur linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/x86_64/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.0-test6-orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig 2003-09-28 02:50:40.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/x86_64/Kconfig 2003-10-06 17:12:39.000000000 +0200 > @@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ > help > If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include > debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. > + This will substantially increase the size of the kernel image. > + Size increases of 5 to 10 times normal size is to be expected. --------------------------------------------------^^ "are" > Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. > If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. > > > > > Kind regards, > > Jesper Juhl {o.o} Joanne (ME being a language weenie? Sheesh!)