List, I have tested building Bering kernel from scratch, with the addition of ip_vs patch. During the process, I have noticed an interesting fact.
When compiling on Mandrake Linux 8.2, the result of the kernel (bzImage) is slightly bigger than compiling on Debian 3.0. Mandrake Linux 8.2 ------------------ $ gcc --version 2.96 $ cd /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot; ls bzImage -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 598779 Sep 18 09:53 bzImage Compressed using UPX 1.11, the result is: $ cd /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot; ls -l bering-ipvs.upx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 521063 Sep 18 09:53 bering-ipvs.upx Debian 3.0 ---------- $ gcc --version 2.95.4 $ ls -l /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 571744 Sep 21 17:10 bzImage And the result compressed with UPX 1.11: $ cd /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot; ls -l bering-ipvs.upx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 495547 Sep 21 17:10 bering.upx It is clear that one of the reason the size differs is the gcc version. The question is: what version of gcc that will compile the smallest bzImage? Under what distro? -- H. D. Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
