Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:59:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com (M C Wong) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation. Message-ID: <199510020059.RAA03305@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199510020046.AA032804793@hp.com> from "M C Wong" at Oct 2, 95 10:46:30 am
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When you make a kernel, it finishes by doing a 'size' on it.. e.g. loading kernel rearranging symbols text data bss dec hex 839680 57344 58580 955604 e94d4 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Is there any utility to estimate/calculate the amount of memory when > one builds new kernel ? Apparently some of the OPTIONS in the config > file are optional, and if there is some information related to all those > supported OPTIONS stored in a centrally managed file, then the kernel > config program can always retrieve the relevant info from the file and > work out how much memory is needed to run the new kernel. The same thing > can be done with installation of the system, packages etc as they are > already well broken down into a set of `modules' or `components'. > > Currently, when I say enable/disable a particular OPTION in the kernel > config file, I have no idea about how much more memory is used or saved > (in the kernel). > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.2i > > iQCVAwUBMG82WkmThh0X7Um5AQHxpQQAn3KHOWMBqEMx5DopdYhA1UFgMWzWSV8J > n3JD4grJpNXzPoSbH5nz7k9sNwArMc/As4aWeA3SqgdZuEj1DW2HJz0J7qyjWf44 > nKwKDAdVie6wGVO1K3LQsFf3rL0nphMdXtHVEHJBXdtUNLauQKeNYSar6Hg3oCjp > e5NrOOuEtB4= > =1FZf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
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