From d40b24b9afb1d7223d8042e72d27e5b9a5271177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: landley Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 21:30:34 +0000 Subject: Update FAQ to mention make baseline when talking about make bloatcheck. git-svn-id: svn://busybox.net/trunk/busybox@15202 69ca8d6d-28ef-0310-b511-8ec308f3f277 --- docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html index 6bc144df6..97a577d52 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html @@ -528,9 +528,11 @@ command line argument parsing (getopt_ulflags.c), and a whole lot more.

The "make bloatcheck" option uses Matt Mackall's bloat-o-meter script to compare two versions of busybox (busybox_unstripped vs busybox_old), and report which symbols changed size and by how much. - To use it, first build a base version, rename busybox_unstripped to - busybox_old, and then build a new version with your changes and run - "make bloatcheck" to see the size differences from the old version. + To use it, first build a base version with "make baseline". + (This creates busybox_old, which should have the original sizes for + comparison purposes.) Then build the new version with your changes + and run "make bloatcheck" to see the size differences from the old + version.

The first line of output has totals: how many symbols were added or -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb