Subject: Re: stripping kernel
To: Tracy Nelson <tnelson158@attbi.com>
From: paul <pkdb1@attbi.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/14/2002 09:29:26
do you mean strip as in edit the config file or "strip (1) - 
Discard symbols from object files."?

Tracy Nelson wrote:
> From: "Greg MATTHEWS" <G.Matthews@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
> 
>>is it worth stripping the kernel?
>>
> 
> I was able to cut the size of my kernel in half (2355194 vs 4749749) by
> stripping out the stuff that I didn't need.
> 
> OTOH, now I need to go in and recompile it again, because I'm moving some
> stuff (SCSI card & drives) over from a decommissioned box.  I kept my old
> kernel, so I can just boot with that until I get my new one built.
> 
> Cheers!
> -- Tracy
> 
> 
> 


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