From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 6 14:58:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5334E14E3B for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:58:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 18953 invoked from network); 6 Dec 1999 22:58:29 -0000 Received: from userbp25.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.146.20) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 6 Dec 1999 22:58:29 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id WAA01854; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:58:26 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:58:26 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Mark Vetanen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel conf file - need help Message-ID: <19991206225826.G319@marder-1> References: <19991206163051.28546.qmail@web2904.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991206163051.28546.qmail@web2904.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 08:30:51AM -0800, Mark Vetanen wrote: > Greetings, > > Im working up a new kernel and trying to get my > SoundBlaster 16 working. > > The kernel compiles and works, but its huge, over 7 > meg compaired to the generic kernel that is 2 meg. > Somehow you've made a debug kernel. Did you run config(8) with the ``-g'' option? Also check the COPTFLAGS line in /etc/make.conf for ``-g''. You can remove the debug symbols from the kernel without re-building with: # cd / # chflags noschg kernel # strip -g kernel # chflags schg kernel -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message