Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:57:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: ChrisMic@clientlogic.com (Christopher Michaels) Cc: grog@lemis.com, gjb@comkey.com.au, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Debug kernel by default (was: System size with -g) Message-ID: <199904061757.KAA73737@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5FF9@site2s1> from Christopher Michaels at "Apr 6, 99 09:59:13 am"
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Christopher Michaels writes: > Maybe I'm a little out of the loop, but as a general user I feel I should > voice my opinions (questions). > > I understand the up-sides of a debug kernel (although I wouldn't mind some > clarification), but what are the down sides? > - The kernel is larger, correct? Is this just file size or does it take up > significantly more memory as well? You would install two kernels: /kernel and /kernel.debug. The first one is a normal kernel (but no debugging info) and this is the one you run. So no more memory is used (except on your disk). The second you only need as a debug reference for the first when you get a core dump. > - Does a debug kernel impart any performance hit? No... the same code is being executed as before. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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