-----Original Message----- ********************** Legal Disclaimer **************************** "This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any unauthorized review, use or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you." ********************************************************************** From: Nori, Soma Sekhar [mailto:nsekhar@xxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:08 AM To: B Srinivas Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: size of the code B Srinivas wrote: > Hi, > > I have compiled a library for 64 bit mips big-endian system . and I > find that the size of this is > > considerably more than the compiled code for i386 32 bit. Is this a > normal behavior ? and what is or could be the reason.? Use file command to check if the library is stripped. Try removing sections like .pdr and .comment (if present) to reduce the size even further. - Sekhar Nori. I have stripped giving the STRIPFLAGS --strip-unneeded , still it keeps the .pdr and the .comment sections. and the file command shows not stripped. Thanks Srinivas -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
