On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Robert Nordier wrote: > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > I just finished a buildworld, and I'm not sure about the laoder binary. > > In my obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader directory, I have 3 files that > > might be loader: > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 135168 Apr 5 19:01 loader > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 121672 Apr 5 19:01 loader.bin* > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 259171 Apr 5 19:01 loader.sym* > > > > None of them are the size of my existing (gcc) /boot/loader: > > > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 126976 Apr 4 17:10 loader* > > > > I use CFLAGS of -O -pipe. Can anyone tell me which of the above files > > gets installed as /boot/loader, and if (from the filesize) I have a good > > loader or not? This is the last thing worrying me about giong to egcs, > > and I'm just playing it very cautiously. > > The file "loader" gets installed. (The .bin file is created from the > .sym file and fed into btxld(8), which outputs loader after binding in > the BTX bits.) > > The 135168-byte loader works fine here, and I can't think of any > reason it should cause problems for you. (It's to be expected that > a more recent compiler will emit different object code, so size > comparisons are apples and oranges.)
Thanks, Robert. I booted it, it all works just fine; maybe I was just being extra cautious. > > -- > Robert Nordier > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chu...@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
