Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:01:09 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: "Michael J. Walsh" <mike@walshm.npt.nuwc.navy.mil>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is my new kernel so big? Message-ID: <20000225170109.A1501@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <200002251624.LAA18500@benge.graphics.cornell.edu>; from mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 11:24:03AM -0500 References: <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200002251624.LAA18500@benge.graphics.cornell.edu>
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 11:24:03AM -0500, Mitch Collinsworth wrote:
>
> >> Then I decided to configure my kernel for SMP. I followed the procedure
> >> listed in Greg Lehey's book (3-rd edition) for rebuilding the
> >> kernel; specifically, I
>
> >Somehow you've built a debug kernel. did you do ``config -g'' or have
>
> He said he followed the instructions in the Lehey book. Those
> instructions include:
>
> # /usr/sbin/config -g FREEBIE
>
Uh, I didn't bother to check TCFBSD before replying.
> Mike, take a look at the paragraphs following that line. They explain
> why Greg thinks you should use -g. If you want to save that space,
> leave out the -g. What the book doesn't tell you is that it doesn't
> work to just re-do the config without -g. If you've used it before it
> gets "remembered" somewhere for the future. You can remove the
> /usr/src/sys/compile/FREEBIE directory, reconfigure without -g and
> proceed from there.
>
``config -r'' removes the old compile directory and recreates it
(without the debug stuff). This also applies if you remove anything
from the config file, just running ``config'' checks that everything in
the config file is present in the compile directory, it doesn't remove
anything that is there but is not (or no longer) required.
> -Mitch
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