Is there a way to custom compile without the debug code? On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:32:03 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Sa, den 26.06.2004 schrieb Ow Mun Heng um 3:44: > >> I have a question here on the sizes of the modules. >> >> eg: for the default FC2's kernel (2.6.6-1.435) vs the new vanilla >> kernel.org's 2.6.7 kernel >> >> ls -lgGh /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/fs/nls >> -rwxr--r-- 1 2.9K Jun 14 07:04 nls_koi8-ru.ko >> -rwxr--r-- 1 6.2K Jun 14 07:04 nls_koi8-u.ko >> -rwxr--r-- 1 2.8K Jun 14 07:04 nls_utf8.ko >> >> ls -lgGh /lib/modules/2.6.7-2.jun25/kernel/fs/nls >> -rw-r--r-- 1 101K Jun 25 16:54 nls_koi8-ru.ko >> -rw-r--r-- 1 105K Jun 25 16:54 nls_koi8-u.ko >> -rw-r--r-- 1 101K Jun 25 16:54 nls_utf8.ko >> >> This causes my modules directory to be a whopping 300MB in size. using >> redhat's supplied config file still gives me that. What's happening? > > Dave Jones explained that here recently: your custom compiled modules contain debug code > while the modules of the default Fedora kernel are stripped. > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.6-1.435 > Serendipity 15:30:26 up 3 days, 14:08, load average: 1.15, 1.08, 1.01
