On Aug 6, 2008, at 4:19 AM, Gilles Espinasse wrote: > At least on iana-etc-2.30, there is a STRIP option that remove all > comments. > > Time to resolve protocol name lineary depend of /etc/services file > size > > See > http://www.diy-linux.org/pipermail/diy-linux-dev/2006-January/000719.html > or > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2004-07/0465.html > > Using STRIP=yes remove comments, is a big gain in size and will > speed up > protocol name resolution. > > without STRIP=yes > ls -l build/etc/{services,protocols} > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25075 Aug 5 23:52 build/etc/protocols > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768737 Aug 5 23:52 build/etc/services > > > with STRIP=yes > ls -l build/etc/{services,protocols} > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2078 Aug 6 10:52 build/etc/protocols > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 192217 Aug 6 10:52 build/etc/services > > In the worst case ( protocol unknow or near the end of the services > file), > this should divide the time to resolve protocol name by 4. > > Gilles > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Yeah, find, great there Mr. Savour. The next time you come and save us from a death, will you let us know. Goodbye! -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
