Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:34:48 -0500 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, paul@originative.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Debug kernel by default? (was: Taking panic dumps (was: 3.1-S TABLE dies on 40+ connects (resolved))) Message-ID: <199903300334.WAA04070@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:31:36 %2B0930." <19990330123136.H413@lemis.com> References: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE84@octopus> <199903282321.PAA14589@bubba.whistle.com> <19990330123136.H413@lemis.com>
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> I think we can do both of these at the same time, as long as we leave > a solution for people who really don't have the extra 20 MB (you need > space for larger .o files as well). > > How about this: > > - make config assume the -g option by default. > - add a new option (-s) to config to generate stripped objects. > - add a target install.gdb to the Makefile. This target will install > the unstripped kernel for people who want to use ddb. > - modifiy the existing install target to make a stripped copy of the > kernel and to install it. > How about changing sysinstall to use a somewhat larger default size for the root file system? With disks as cheap as they are these days, why not size it at 100MB or so? Then you'll have a bit more room for debugging kernels. I've always found the default size sysinstall chooses too small for comfort, even when putting /tmp on a different file system. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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