Subject: Re: saving string space in kernels [was: CVS commit: syssrc]
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/13/2000 08:48:07
This is interesting; has anyone considered modifying the build process to
use 'xstr', as the csh build does (or used to)?
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Simon Burge wrote:
# enami tsugutomo wrote:
#
# > Module Name: syssrc
# > Committed By: enami
# > Date: Wed Dec 13 08:06:12 UTC 2000
# >
# > Modified Files:
# >
# > syssrc/sys/uvm: uvm_map.c uvm_map.h
# >
# > Log Message:
# >
# > Use single const char array instead of over 200 string constant.
#
# How far should we take this? Looking at my 1.5 alpha kernel with
# RaidFrame I see some obvious ones:
#
# ...
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# i386 has some other large usages as well:
#
# ...
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# These would not be insignificant space savings...
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