On 5 August 2010 12:41, Daniel O'Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to tell installkernel to put the symbol files elsewhere? > > IMO somewhere in /usr would be good - you don't need them to boot (or > crashdump, etc) and they increase the size of the kernel by a factor of 5(!), > eg.. > [cain 14:07] /tmp >du -sh kernel > 258M kernel > [cain 14:07] /tmp >rm -f kernel/*.symbols > [cain 14:07] /tmp >du -sh kernel > 50M kernel
Why not add support to the relevant libraries/code to support reading compressed symbol files? Adrian _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
