From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262198AbTLIBDK (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:03:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262228AbTLIBDK (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:03:10 -0500 Received: from e33.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.131]:25820 "EHLO e33.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262198AbTLIBDG (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:03:06 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:02:55 -0800 From: Patrick Mansfield To: Lee Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Use too large hard disk space when compiling the 2.6.0-testx Message-ID: <20031208170255.A6425@beaverton.ibm.com> References: <00a501c3bcfb$200b71e0$0300a8c0@tiger> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <00a501c3bcfb$200b71e0$0300a8c0@tiger>; from weifeil@usc.edu on Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:48:44AM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:48:44AM -0800, Lee wrote: > 1. Under kernel 2.6.0-testx, the compiling process always uses huge disk > space. Do you have CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled? Try turning it off. I have not tried to compile with it on but there were other complaints about larger *kernel* images, and the config help (arch/i386/Kconfig) says: config DEBUG_INFO bool "Compile the kernel with debug info" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL help If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel. If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. -- Patrick Mansfield