Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262442AbVAUSYM (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:24:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262448AbVAUSYM (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:24:12 -0500 Received: from scl-ims.phoenix.com ([216.148.212.222]:47815 "EHLO scl-ims.phoenix.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262442AbVAUSYG convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:24:06 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: modules strip Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:24:05 -0800 Message-ID: <5F106036E3D97448B673ED7AA8B2B6B301ACD8F7@scl-exch2k.phoenix.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: modules strip Thread-Index: AcT/5mPt4tEHv94gTeORMHSIQL6bFg== From: "Aleksey Gorelov" To: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jan 2005 18:24:06.0512 (UTC) FILETIME=[64650700:01C4FFE6] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 589 Lines: 18 Hi, I'm trying to strip modules a bit (2.6, x86) using strip -R .not -R .comment --strip-unneeded module.ko It seems to keep intact relocation & ksymtab symbols, tested on my configuration and seems to reduce the overall size for about 10-15% (usefull for embedded). Does anybody know if there is any pitfalls with that ? Thanks, Aleks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/