Hi, I am trying to create a stripped version of libc.so from glibc.2.1.95 src, by including only minimal symbols. original full size libc.so: 7.9 Meg original libc.so but symbols stripped 1.7 Meg (running mipsel-linux-strip libc.so) Has anyone successfully reduced the size of the libc.so? Here is what I did. I started with glibc 2.1.95 and cross compiled for MIPS. A. Using Bradley D. LaRonde's ramdisk as a model B. Ran strings on /lib/libc-2.0.7.so and /lib/ld-2.0.7.so on LaRonde's ramdisk Removed all the messages, leaving mostly symbols. C. Ran a script, that took the symbols and found the corresponding *.os file. And resolved rescursively all undefined symbols. D. Extracted the commands used to create libc.so & ld.so, from the log while cross compiling glibc. Theses included: dl-allobjs.os libc_pic.a librtld.os ld.so libc_pic.os libc.so E. Replaced */stamp.os with the files found from step C. F. Extracted the symbols required for the ls command., and added to the *.os list. This brought the size of the libc.so back to the original size 1.7Meg (stripped)). Thanks. Anthony Wei Philips Digital Network 1000 West Maude Avenue W3-948 Sunnyvale, CA 94085-2810 +1-408-617-1673
