NetBSD Problem Report #38579

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From: ad@netbsd.org
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Subject: pci_subr.o is too large
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>Number:         38579
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       pci_subr.o is too large
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 04 10:30:00 +0000 2008
>Closed-Date:    Fri Apr 30 23:36:40 +0000 2010
>Last-Modified:  Sat May 01 00:00:04 +0000 2010
>Originator:     Andrew Doran
>Release:        4.99.62
>Organization:
The NetBSD Project
>Environment:
amd64
>Description:
-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff   257120 May  2 23:56 pci_subr.o

Large amounts of string data are stored in this file and it's adding up.
>How-To-Repeat:
Notice that kernels are getting fat.
>Fix:
Move PCI_VERBOSE out of the kernel and into pcictl(8).

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: Bernd Ernesti <veego@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/38579: pci_subr.o is too large
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 08:49:43 +0200

 On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 10:30:00AM +0000, ad@NetBSD.org wrote:
 [..]

 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Notice that kernels are getting fat.
 > >Fix:
 > Move PCI_VERBOSE out of the kernel and into pcictl(8).

 Which will make the normal kernel output during boot time or the dmesg
 output not so easy to read if you only see numbers and not names in it.
 Especially for hardware which has no driver.

 Bernd

From: "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/38579: pci_subr.o is too large
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:02:02 +0000

 This issue may have already been resolved by the
 commenting of "options PCIVERBOSE" in the x86 ports'
 GENERIC config files.

From: Andrew Doran <ad@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/38579: pci_subr.o is too large
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:48:53 +0000

 On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 08:05:03PM +0000, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR kern/38579; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
 > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: kern/38579: pci_subr.o is too large
 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:02:02 +0000
 > 
 >  This issue may have already been resolved by the
 >  commenting of "options PCIVERBOSE" in the x86 ports'
 >  GENERIC config files.

 I agree, this can be closed. Thanks.

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: jakllsch@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:36:40 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
submitter reports this can be closed


From: "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/38579 CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/conf
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:55:24 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	jakllsch
 Date:		Fri Apr 30 23:55:24 UTC 2010

 Modified Files:
 	src/sys/arch/i386/conf: XBOX XEN3_DOM0

 Log Message:
 Following precedent in the i386 GENERIC kernel and in similar amd64
 kernels, comment a few *VERBOSE options that have questionable value.

 In follow up to PR 38579 and PR 38581.


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.22 -r1.23 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/XBOX
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.32 -r1.33 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/XEN3_DOM0

 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.

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