On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 20:49 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes: [...] > >> In addition to that, the custom package comes with 449 modules taking > >> 427 MB of space, while the official one ships 2848 modules taking 106 > >> MB. The lower number is expected because I used 'make localmodconfig', > >> but why are the custom built modules so huge? > > > > Most likely you left debug information (CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO) enabled. > > Some of the official linux-image packages are built with debug > > information, but there is a post-processing step that strips it into a > > separate binary package. If you use the upstream build system then > > I suppose this sentence was supposed to end with something like "...you > have to disable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO, but if you use the 'linux' source > package, you can keep it enabled"? Yes, good guess. :-) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your own home. - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, `Good Omens'
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