Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:34:38 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Debug kernel by default (was: System size with -g) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990331102958.20663B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19990331165139.W413@lemis.com>
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On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > 4. For people for whom the additional memory requirements are a > problem, config will have a -s (or similar) option to say 'build a > kernel without debugging symbols'. for tthe debug kernel to be 'feasible to make' you need to have at least 32 MB of ram. making one with only 16MB (while running X) can take upwards of 20 minutes extra. (the linker pages itself into a coma). > > Any comments? This is by no means set in stone, and we'll discuss it > a while before we do anything. At least the distributed GENERIC kernels should have a debug version so that people can get traces.. (and the default installed system should try dump core if it panics.) 'savecore' should say that it is saving the core to disk ** And give detailed instructions as to where and how this information should be sent** julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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