From: Matthias-Christian Ott <matthias.christian@tiscali.de>
To: Aleksey Gorelov <Aleksey_Gorelov@Phoenix.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: modules strip
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:22:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41F1729A.6000709@tiscali.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5F106036E3D97448B673ED7AA8B2B6B301ACD8F7@scl-exch2k.phoenix.com>
Aleksey Gorelov wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I'm trying to strip modules a bit (2.6, x86) using
>
>strip -R .not -R .comment --strip-unneeded module.ko
>
> It seems to keep intact relocation & ksymtab symbols, tested on my
>configuration and seems to reduce the overall size for about 10-15%
>(usefull for embedded). Does anybody know if there is any pitfalls with
>that ?
>
>Thanks,
>Aleks.
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Hi!
Why should there be a pitfall, you just strip some usualy not needed
information. But maybe this causes problems with functions or parts of
the Kernel which need this information.
Matthias-Christian Ott
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