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| author | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> | 2005-09-05 10:25:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> | 2005-09-05 10:25:51 +0000 |
| commit | d1fa5859d60b246f5b345e921edbb86e31c41930 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f8fac7f534493d9b65a528fd5fd39de1a72d818 /docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html | |
| parent | dbaf97e463a63062e0a1a7f98ee9ff564639fb58 (diff) | |
| download | busybox-d1fa5859d60b246f5b345e921edbb86e31c41930.tar.gz | |
Now that "make sizes" is in, the faq should mention it...
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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html index 5090c41c2..67c696c4c 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html @@ -258,18 +258,10 @@ have additions to this FAQ document, we would love to add them, savings add up). </p> <p> - To examine a busybox binary with an eye to saving bytes, build an - optimized debug version and run the "nm" command against it, like so: -</p> -<p> - make clean && make STRIPCMD=/bin/true && nm --size-sort busybox -</p> -<p> - This gives a list of symbols and the amount of space allocated for - each one, sorted by size. (Note: do not enable CONFIG_DEBUG for this, - as that disables compiler optimization which is great for running gdb - but misleading when trying to figure out how much space each component - is really using under normal circumstances.) + The busybox Makefile can generate a report of how much space is actually + being used by each function and variable. Run "<b>make sizes</b>" (preferably + with CONFIG_DEBUG off) to get a list of symbols and the amount of + space allocated for each one, sorted by size. </p> <hr /> |