Inflated modules result from compiling custom 2.6.0-0.test11.1.99 kernel

Harald Hoyer harald at redhat.com
Wed Dec 17 14:25:36 UTC 2003


you now also have the modules shipped in kernel-unsupported in
/lib/modules?

Am So, den 14.12.2003 schrieb Willem Riede um 01:55:
> I installed kernel-source-2.6.0-0.test11.1.99 from Arjan's web pages,
> copied kernel-2.6.0-test11-i686-smp.config and selected to compile
> ide-scsi:
> 
> --- configs/kernel-2.6.0-test11-i686-smp.config 2003-11-26 17:00:09.000000000 -0500
> +++ .config     2003-12-07 16:11:27.000000000 -0500
> @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
> -# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
> +CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
>  # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set
>  # CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO is not set
> 
> To my surprise, the result of compilation is wildly bloated modules:
> 
> [root at fallguy root]# du -s /lib/modules/2.6.0-0.test11.1.99smp /lib/modules/2.6.0-0.test11.1.99wr0
> 51740   /lib/modules/2.6.0-0.test11.1.99smp
> 312216  /lib/modules/2.6.0-0.test11.1.99wr0
> 
> Does anybody understand why that may be, and how I can put them on a diet?
> 
> Thanks, Willem Riede.
> 
> 
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