On 3/17/10 11:13 AM, Aioanei Rares wrote: > I compile my own vanilla kernels for testing and I noticed that the > initrd of those kernels is huge as you will see in a moment[1]. The > .config is a copy of Fedora's with only two modifications (append > version and CPU family). The method of compiling is a classic make > oldconfig; make all; make modules_install; make install. Why is my > initrd so big? Thanks. > > [1] > ls -alh /boot | grep initr > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11M 2010-03-17 14:18 > initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12M 2010-03-17 15:34 > initramfs-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94M 2010-03-17 19:36 > initramfs-2.6.34-rc1-00997-ga3d3203.img > > The default configs turn on debug info in the kernel and modules: CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE=y CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y so you're getting a TON of labels and such in the modules. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
