Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:48:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:48:11 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:25304 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:48:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 03:48:34 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: "J . A . Magallon" Cc: Lista Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: gcc-3.0.2 and 2.4.14-pre1 Message-ID: <20011026034833.H25701@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <20011026010432.A1536@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20011026010432.A1536@werewolf.able.es>; from jamagallon@able.es on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 01:04:32AM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 01:04:32AM +0200, J . A . Magallon wrote: > Hi. > > Results of building with 3.0.2 > - It works > - Kernel Sizes: > 903449 Oct 26 00:38 vmlinuz-2.4.14-pre1-beo (2.96) > 864599 Oct 26 00:25 vmlinuz-2.4.14-pre1-beo.old (3.0.2) Aren't these figures swapped in some way? I find it hard to believe that 2.96 would produce the 40k bigger kernel. > - Modules Sizes: > 2750 /lib/modules/2.4.14-pre1-beo > 2758 /lib/modules/2.4.14-pre1-beo.org > werewolf:/lib/modules# modprobe -l | wc -l > 71 > > So it looks like the code is not bigger (modules) but some data structure > in main kernel... Quite likely due to the 16 bytes alignment that takes place (AFAIK). /David _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/