RE: 50MB kernel on ia64??

From: Matt_Domsch@Dell.com
Date: Sun Oct 21 2001 - 20:14:44 EST

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> now i've got another problem: kernels built with the
> attached .config (or
> anything even vaguely similar--this one is for 2.4.7) are
> around 50MB in size!

You've got the gcc -g option specified in the Makefile. 'strip
--strip-debug' your kernel and it'll shrink considerably, or remove the -g.

> morevover, there's no vmlinux or bzImage target in the makefile
> once ia64 is selected as the architecture.

make compressed

Thanks,
Matt

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