Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:55:46 +0000 From: freebsd@hub.org To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very large kernel Message-ID: <20080815235546.65415dg5hblf1oxu@webmail.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <47C93FD2.1010902@FreeBSD.org> References: <20080301073329.GA1081@Alex1.kruijff.org> <47C93FD2.1010902@FreeBSD.org>
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Quoting "Kris Kennaway" <kris@FreeBSD.org>: > Alex de Kruijff wrote: >> I noticed that the kernel directory was very large compaired to 6.1. Is >> this for debugging and can I safely remove the symbols files I want to >> save some space? > > Yes but if you encounter a panic and need to submit a bug report > then you will need at least the kernel.debug and whatever modules > you are using. Two questions for this ... a. can I move these to a larger partition temporarily, and if I have a crash, move them back to do debugging? b. is there some setting I can use in make.conf to have it auto-install the symbols files to a seperate directory on 'installkernel'?
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