Re: [RFC/PATCHSET 0/8] perf tools: Minimal build without libelf dependency(v2)

[David Ahern]

On 6/22/12 9:30 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > And build-id's are not required for report (-B option for record).
> >
> > Also, the intent is for a small footprint binary for embedded systems.
> > On such a system I would expect binaries and libraries to be stripped,
> > so no point in running perf-archive.
>
> But is there a chance that binaries on host still contains symbol (and
> debug) information even for those cases?

AFAIK embedded systems do not have the luxury of symbols; the goal is as 
small as possible. All debugging information is left on the build 
servers for off line analysis. That's certainly true for the product I 
work on.

David

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