From d1fa5859d60b246f5b345e921edbb86e31c41930 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Landley Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:25:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Now that "make sizes" is in, the faq should mention it... --- docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html | 16 ++++------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) 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).

- 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: -

-

- make clean && make STRIPCMD=/bin/true && nm --size-sort busybox -

-

- 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 "make sizes" (preferably + with CONFIG_DEBUG off) to get a list of symbols and the amount of + space allocated for each one, sorted by size.