linux-kernel - Re: [patch for 2.6.26 0/7] Architecture Independent Markers

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Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:41:16 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>
Cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <m-kosaki@...es.dti.ne.jp>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch for 2.6.26 0/7] Architecture Independent Markers


* Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@...hat.com> wrote:

> > [...]  furthermore, and because it's Friday again, let me remind 
> > folks that SystemTap has an even more significant bloat problem: the 
> > fact that it needs a huge download: [...the dwarf debugging 
> > information...]
> 
> It's a problem, and there are a few improvements under way or being 
> contemplated: [...]

it's been the primary usability problem ever since SystemTap has been 
incepted 3 years ago. The 229+850 MB size numbers i cited were from a 
bleeding-edge (Fedora 9 beta) distro. So whatever is being contemplated, 
it's not here today.

	Ingo
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