BOUNCE rtl@rtlinux.org: Approval required: (fwd)

[Der Herr Hofrat <der.herr@hofr.at>]

>From owner-rtl Wed May  2 07:27:51 2001
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From: Der Herr Hofrat <der.herr@hofr.at>
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Subject: Re: size of modules
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> 
> hi everyone
> just for curiosity, how come rtl adds so much overhead
> when a source file is compiled to be loaded on the
> kernel.
> Sometimes I get files 2000% larger than when compiled
> for uesr space.
> thanks 
> Raul
>
you have debuging enabled (make menuconfig -> [ ] Enable Debuging)
so everything is compiled with -g . You can turn it off or simply
use  strip -g MODULE.o  to "shrink" it.

hofrat