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Re: Anyone tried SystemTap with the latest RHEL5 Beta refresh

Hi -

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 10:59:14AM -0800, David Wilder wrote:
> >>[...]  ure this will increase the size of the kernel package by
> >>about 40Meg, but the full debug info package is closer to 150Meg.
>
> >Don't forget about debug information for the modules.  For a random
> >FC5 kernel, that adds another 300MB (uncompressed).

> Frank,  do you agree that stap is still useful without the debug info 
> modules?

It is more useful than with no debuginfo at all, and less useful than
with full debuginfo.  Whether that intermediate state of utility is
good enough to justify changing the kernel packaging is unknown.

- FChE

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