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> How much memory are we talking about here? I have 32M on my machine
> and was wondering if that was enough...
>
> Also, if kgdb is like gdb, you needn't compile the entire kernel -g.
> We had a similar problem with OI (-g == 30-80M depending on the
> compiler). When we needed to debug an entry field, we'd just compile
> entfld.C -g, and the rest of the library w/o -g. This seemed to work
> well in practice. Sure, you'd get hip deep into the debugging session
> and realize you need dtech1.C also, but usually with a little planning
> these sorts of things didn't matter much.
>
I have a 32Meg machine too and that's perfect. However, Warner is
right in what he's saying. You don't need to turn on -g for the
complete kernel tree, if you don't like that.
For example, if you expect bugs in the drivers, add -g to the driver's
CFLAGS, and nowhere else. I've tried that, and it works.
Andy
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