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Re: [pwc] Any update on 2.6.18?

To: Peter Baitz <>
Subject: Re: [pwc] Any update on 2.6.18?
From: Alan Brown <>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:15:09 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Peter Baitz wrote:

> Alan,
>
> I just did the make procedure per instructions.
> Building it results in a 650KB pwc.ko module.  The
> stock pwc.ko in FC6 is 95KB.  Seems like a big
> difference.  I need it for a ToUcam Pro III (SDV
> 900NC) which needs to be supported as typedef 740.

Building it optimised won't make it any more compatible, but try -O6

Most of the extra bulk is very likely to be debugging symbols....

>
> Peter
>
> --- Alan Brown <> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Peter Baitz wrote:
> >
> > > Actually you can also do "modinfo pwc" and it
> > tells
> > > the developer and version (Saillard.org and
> > 10.0.12),
> > > but what I still do not understand is that when I
> > > compile pwc as I previously did, the pwc.ko is
> > over
> > > 600kb while the stock pwc.ko even in FC6 is only
> > 95kb
> > > or so. Seems like a huge diff.
> >
> > Did you strip or otherwise optimise your module?
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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