On 5 August 2010 12:41, Daniel O'Connor <docon...@gsoft.com.au> wrote: > Is it possible to tell installkernel to put the symbol files elsewhere? > > IMO somewhere in /usr would be good - you don't need them to boot (or > crashdump, etc) and they increase the size of the kernel by a factor of 5(!), > eg.. > [cain 14:07] /tmp >du -sh kernel > 258M kernel > [cain 14:07] /tmp >rm -f kernel/*.symbols > [cain 14:07] /tmp >du -sh kernel > 50M kernel
Why not add support to the relevant libraries/code to support reading compressed symbol files? Adrian _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
