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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:22:34 +0100
From: Matthias-Christian Ott <matthias.christian@tiscali.de>
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To: Aleksey Gorelov <Aleksey_Gorelov@Phoenix.com>
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Subject: Re: modules strip
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Aleksey Gorelov wrote:

>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.
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Hi!
Why should there be a pitfall, you just strip some usualy not needed 
information. But maybe this causes problems with functions or parts of 
the Kernel which need this information.

Matthias-Christian Ott
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