- merge -r15463:15564 from busybox_scratch branch through these changesets:

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r15465 | aldot | 2006-06-21 20:48:06 +0200 (Wed, 21 Jun 2006) | 3 lines

- use CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH as before it one was broken by a recent revert.
- use xchdir() since all is invain if it fails there anyways, supposedly

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r15466 | aldot | 2006-06-21 20:55:16 +0200 (Wed, 21 Jun 2006) | 2 lines

- adjust docs to take CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH into account.

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r15467 | aldot | 2006-06-21 21:31:24 +0200 (Wed, 21 Jun 2006) | 18 lines

- partial fallout of my TREE_USED touchup against gcc-4.2: rip unused vars, save
s 144 bytes
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 862434   10156  645924 1518514  172bb2 busybox.old
 862322   10156  645892 1518370  172b22 busybox
function                                             old     new   delta
z_len                                                  4       -      -4
textend                                                4       -      -4
part_nb                                                4       -      -4
insize                                                 4       -      -4
ifile_size                                             4       -      -4
do_link                                                4       -      -4
new_text                                              70      60     -10
ipaddr_list_link                                      33      23     -10
gzip_main                                            898     822     -76
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(add/remove: 0/6 grow/shrink: 0/3 up/down: 0/-120)           Total: -120 bytes


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r15468 | aldot | 2006-06-21 21:43:05 +0200 (Wed, 21 Jun 2006) | 19 lines

- remove useless global exports
function                                             old     new   delta
rpm_main                                             940    1601    +661
rpm_getstring                                        107     112      +5
rpm_getint                                           148     153      +5
loop_through_files                                   103     106      +3
fileaction_dobackup                                  115     113      -2
fileaction_list                                        5       -      -5
rpm_getcount                                          42       -     -42
extract_cpio_gz                                      161       -    -161
rpm_gettags                                          504       -    -504
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(add/remove: 0/4 grow/shrink: 4/1 up/down: 674/-714)          Total: -40 bytes

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 862322   10156  645892 1518370  172b22 busybox.old
 862290   10156  645892 1518338  172b02 busybox


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r15555 | aldot | 2006-06-30 14:10:11 +0200 (Fri, 30 Jun 2006) | 22 lines

- shrink syslog a little bit, move a big buffer (for 'line') off the bss, fold s
emaphore stuff into single caller manually.
  stats:
function                                             old     new   delta
logMessage                                           395     427     +32
message                                             1245    1257     +12
opts                                                   -       4      +4
small                                                  1       -      -1
local_logging                                          4       -      -4
doRemoteLog                                            4       -      -4
circular_logging                                       4       -      -4
syslogd_main                                        1299    1285     -14
static.res                                            36      16     -20
.rodata                                           186650  186586     -64
static.line                                         1025       -   -1025
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(add/remove: 1/5 grow/shrink: 2/3 up/down: 48/-1136)        Total: -1088 bytes
cow@s37:~/src/busybox_scratch$ size sysklogd/syslogd.o{.orig,}
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   3723     348    5242    9313    2461 sysklogd/syslogd.o.orig
   3697     348    4188    8233    2029 sysklogd/syslogd.o

==============================================================================
Overall bloatcheck for the changeset mentioned above:
function                                             old     new   delta
rpm_main                                             953    1608    +655
logMessage                                           395     427     +32
message                                             1245    1257     +12
opts                                                   -       4      +4
rpm_getstring                                        107     110      +3
rpm_getint                                           148     151      +3
loop_through_files                                   103     104      +1
small                                                  1       -      -1
fileaction_dobackup                                  115     113      -2
z_len                                                  4       -      -4
textend                                                4       -      -4
part_nb                                                4       -      -4
local_logging                                          4       -      -4
insize                                                 4       -      -4
ifile_size                                             4       -      -4
do_link                                                4       -      -4
doRemoteLog                                            4       -      -4
circular_logging                                       4       -      -4
fileaction_list                                        5       -      -5
new_text                                              70      60     -10
ipaddr_list_link                                      33      23     -10
clear_bufs                                            31      21     -10
syslogd_main                                        1287    1273     -14
builtin_help                                         190     176     -14
static.res                                            36      16     -20
builtin_source                                       229     199     -30
rpm_getcount                                          42       -     -42
gzip_main                                            842     786     -56
.rodata                                           227176  227112     -64
lash_main                                            609     527     -82
busy_loop                                           3883    3739    -144
extract_cpio_gz                                      155       -    -155
rpm_gettags                                          501       -    -501
static.line                                         1025       -   -1025
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(add/remove: 1/15 grow/shrink: 6/12 up/down: 710/-2221)     Total: -1511 bytes



git-svn-id: svn://busybox.net/trunk/busybox@15852 69ca8d6d-28ef-0310-b511-8ec308f3f277

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html
index 34250a33e..fee207486 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html
+++ b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html
@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ have additions to this FAQ document, we would love to add them,
     the command line "PATH= ./busybox ash".  This will blank your command path
     and run busybox as your command shell, so the only commands it can find
     (without an explicit path such as /bin/ls) are the built-in busybox ones.
-    This is another good way to see what's built into busybox.  (Note that the
-    standalone shell is dependent on the existence of /proc/self/exe, so before
-    using it in a chroot environment you must mount /proc.)
+    This is another good way to see what's built into busybox.
+    Note that the standalone shell requires CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH
+    to be set appropriately, depending on whether or not /proc/self/exe is
+    available or not. If you do not have /proc, then point that config option
+    to the location of your busybox binary, usually /bin/busybox.
+    (So if you set it to /proc/self/exe, and happen to be able to chroot into
+    your rootfs, you must mount /proc beforehand.)
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