On 13/12/2007, Antoine Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I follow only one list, uml-devel, so my reply is only based only on the context that I have from this mail.
> lanas wrote: > >>> Even then, I'm surely missing something. The Fedora Core x86_64 > >>> binary is a mere 2 MB. Shouldn't be a UML-patched kernel about the > >>> same size ? It is. In a way. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/expe $ du linux 22056 linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/expe $ strip linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/expe $ du linux 1868 linux > >> Hmmm, not sure. > >> Looks like the debug info is big indeed. > >> The config files are available, so you should be able to figure out > >> what makes it so fat. (frame-pointers?) Not at all. Actually, as far as I know it is the lack of frame pointers that makes the code bigger. Either way, it would never make it bloat extremely. > > On the other hand, I downloaded today the source code of kernel > > 2.6.23-something and it was about 45 MB all in all. Hard to imagine > > that a compiled kernel would be of the same size, no ? > Hah, yes. thinking about it, 45MB is a tad excessive! Not really. The debug information is really plentiful. Add in a few libraries with static compiling and you have a monster-sized kernel on your hands. > Antoine Karol Swietlicki ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
