Subject: Re: Severe and increasing bloat of even "tiny" kernels
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/04/2000 08:09:54 
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 10:27:26PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> Summary:
> 
> Version			Size		Number of .o files	    Time
> NetBSD-1.3.3		587K		?? (didn't keep this info)  126 sec
> NetBSD-1.4.2		690K		257			    286 sec
> NetBSD-1.5_ALPHA	839K		281			    262 sec**

Wasn't -O2 added to kernel builds somewhere between 1.3 and 1.5?  It doesn't
explain the bloat, though..  (My i386 kernels used to be around 1 MB, now
they're at 2.7 MB and growing..)

  -jm