ARM: mm: Could I change module space size or place modules in vmalloc area?

Gioh Kim gioh.kim at lge.com
Thu Jan 2 19:39:31 EST 2014


Thank you for reply.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baruch Siach [mailto:baruch at tkos.co.il]
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:14 PM
> To: Gioh Kim
> Cc: Russell King; linux-mm at kvack.org; linux-arm-kernel; HyoJun Im
> Subject: Re: ARM: mm: Could I change module space size or place modules in
> vmalloc area?
> 
> Hi Gioh,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:04:13PM +0900, Gioh Kim wrote:
> > I run out of module space because I have several big driver modules.
> > I know I can strip the modules to decrease size but I need debug info
> now.
> 
> Are you sure you need the debug info in kernel memory? I don't think the
> kernel is actually able to parse DWARF. You can load stripped binaries
> into the kernel, and still use the debug info with whatever tool you have.

I agree you but driver developers of another team don't agree.
I don't know why but they say they will strip drivers later :-(
So I need to increase modules space size.


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