Binaries too big ...

[JOCKYW2001]

Hi,

With Red Hat 9.0 I succesfully built a working YADD from HEAD. Now I would like to build an image, but the resulting binaries (after strip !!) are all significantly bigger than in latest AlexW. The total image size is 9.7MB and for example neutrino is 1.5MB (whereas AlexW's neutrino is ~980KB).
can anyone give me a tip how to build smaller binaries?

Thx,
JockyW

[bozzio]

Hallo,

leider habe ich keine Lösung anzubieten, habe aber genau das gleiche Problem.
Benutze auch RedHat9.0
Wäre dankbar für jeden Hinweis wie man das Image auf eine normale Grösse bekommt.

Gruß, Bozzio

[kerlimann]

Hi,

With Red Hat 9.0 I succesfully built a working YADD from HEAD. Now I would like to build an image, but the resulting binaries (after strip !!) are all significantly bigger than in latest AlexW. The total image size is 9.7MB and for example neutrino is 1.5MB (whereas AlexW's neutrino is ~980KB).
can anyone give me a tip how to build smaller binaries?

Thx,
JockyW

i em not sure, but perhaps it has to do with your version of "mklibs"? go to the debian webpage, and try a different version. (just a guess)

btw: are you the jockyw who did the yamakawa bios patch for miniDVD?

[midreyer]

I'm very happy to read this post. I have the same problem with Suse Linux 8.2.
I tried some different mklibs but there is only one which runs without trouble (the newest one).
Because I am a newbie with creating images I haven't posted the problem because I thought I make something wrong.

[Homar]

Hi folks,

mklibs is primary to reduce the libraries. It es not possible to make the binaries smaller with that.

Try to unset DEBUG to clean binarys from debug-output or change to gcc-2.95.
The latest Version of gcc makes 10 to 15 percent bigger binaries.

Hope to help
Homar

[kerlimann]

I'm very happy to read this post. I have the same problem with Suse Linux 8.2.

odd. i em using suse 8.2 as well (incl. all online updates) and do not have this problem.

[midreyer]

I'm very happy to read this post. I have the same problem with Suse Linux 8.2.

odd. i em using suse 8.2 as well (incl. all online updates) and do not have this problem.

Which gcc do you use? In the moment I use gcc.3.2.3(? or so). Later I will try to install gcc-2.9.5.

[kerlimann]

Which gcc do you use? In the moment I use gcc.3.2.3(? or so). Later I will try to install gcc-2.9.5.

right now i have windows loaded, so i can et check. however - i didn et update gcc manually. did you? if so, that might be the problem like homar suggested.

[JOCKYW2001]

Try to unset DEBUG to clean binarys from debug-output or change to gcc-2.95. The latest Version of gcc makes 10 to 15 percent bigger binaries.

@Homar: Thanks for the tips. I will build 2night with DEBUG unset. I think this causes indeed the problem. Regarding switching to gcc-2.95 I don't think it will change the size of the PPC binaries too much, since these are built with the tuxbox gcc compiler in the cdk. The cdk on RH9 is built with gcc 3.2.3

Btw: I just finished a build with Knoppix3.2 (Debian): everything is perfect there. But I must admit I configured the flash ruleset before the "make all". Since I used the std ruleset on RH9 it does not prove anything so far

@Kerlimann: yes I'm the jockyw responsible for the DVD firmware hacks. I recently started to focus on the Dbox2 since the C-cube ucode offers the idct and mc basic routines needed to play DivX etc. I hope my contacts in san jose can provide me the required documentation and tools. If so, the dbox2 promises much more fun for the future

Cheers,
JockyW

[Sat_Man]

I recently started to focus on the Dbox2 since the C-cube ucode offers the idct and mc basic routines needed to play DivX etc. I hope my contacts in san jose can provide me the required documentation and tools. If so, the dbox2 promises much more fun for the future

Cheers,
JockyW

That sounds very cool

[kerlimann]

@Kerlimann: yes I'm the jockyw responsible for the DVD firmware hacks. I recently started to focus on the Dbox2 since the C-cube ucode offers the idct and mc basic routines needed to play DivX etc. I hope my contacts in san jose can provide me the required documentation and tools. If so, the dbox2 promises much more fun for the future

atta boy!
first you have the guts to use the same dvd player like me, and now the satellite receiver as well . welcome to the show!

btw: my yammi is still working, even if i don et need miniDVD anymore, though

[Homar]

...Regarding switching to gcc-2.95 I don't think it will change the size of the PPC binaries too much, since these are built with the tuxbox gcc compiler in the cdk...

hehe...

We are talking about tuxbox, so you have to understand gcc of tuxbox-cdk, isn et it ?

...btw: that es not right

[JOCKYW2001]

We are talking about tuxbox, so you have to understand gcc of tuxbox-cdk, isn et it ?

...btw: that es not right

Ahh, I see I misunderstood you earlier on

JockyW

[JOCKYW2001]

Try to unset DEBUG to clean binarys from debug-output

Under Redhat 9 I did :
make distclean
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/dbox2 --with-cvsdir=$HOME/tuxbox-cvs --enable-maintainer-mode --with-targetruleset=flash
make all
make flash-neutriono-all
make flash-jffs2image

Guess what, everything is cool Perfectly sized image and binaries.
The flash targetruleset unsets DEBUG. Thx again Homar!!

For those who are interested: I use VMware with RH9 and Knoppix 3.2 as guests. In terms of performance and configuration Knoppix outbeats RH9 by miles! I will stick to Knoppix for the dbox stuff in the future.

So long, JockyW