Re: is it Ok to strip kernel & modules?

On Mar 25, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Hello, Freebsd-current.
> =

> Why our kernel, even built without DEBUG, is not stripped? It could sabe
> 1.5Mb out of 8Mb for "router-like" (network, wifi, some netgraph, UFS, NF=
S and
> USB) kernel...
> =

> But maybe, here are some reasons not to strip it?

If you strip the kernel, then you won=92t be able to use anything that open=
s up
kernel memory to read answers out of it. I think this is all wrapped in ksy=
ms, so
you could grep for it. Be thankful that ifconfig no longer is on this list =
:)

Warner

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