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From: Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Namesys.COM>
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:28:53 +0400
To: VDA <VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
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Subject: Re: kernel size
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VDA writes:
 > Hi folks
 > 
 > I recompiled my kernel with GCC 3.0.1 (was 2.95.x)
 > and guess what - it got bigger...
 > Somehow, I hoped in linux world software gets better
 > with time, not worse...
 > 
 > Maybe that's my fault (misconfigured GCC etc) ?
 > What do you see?
 > 
 > Being curious, I looked into vmlinux (uncompressed kernel).
 > I saw swatches of zero bytes in places, large repeateable
 > patterns etc. You may look there too in your spare time.
 > 
 > Especially informative are two pages (my console:100x40)
 > filled with "GCC: (GNU) 3.0.1". Does this gets into
 > unswappable memory when kernel loads?

strings /proc/kcore | egrep GCC

Haha, I got several pieces of your mail message while doing this.
(/proc/kcore is unique file, because grep of *any* string on it would
succeeded).

 > -- 
 > Best regards, VDA
 > mailto:VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua
 > 
 > 

Nikita.
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