svn commit: trunk/busybox/docs/busybox.net

landley at busybox.net landley at busybox.net
Sat May 27 21:30:45 UTC 2006


Author: landley
Date: 2006-05-27 14:30:34 -0700 (Sat, 27 May 2006)
New Revision: 15202

Log:
Update FAQ to mention make baseline when talking about make bloatcheck.


Modified:
   trunk/busybox/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html


Changeset:
Modified: trunk/busybox/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html
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--- trunk/busybox/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html	2006-05-27 21:24:16 UTC (rev 15201)
+++ trunk/busybox/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html	2006-05-27 21:30:34 UTC (rev 15202)
@@ -528,9 +528,11 @@
 <p>     The <b>"make bloatcheck"</b> 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 <b>"make baseline"</b>.
+        (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.
 </p>
 <p>
         The first line of output has totals: how many symbols were added or




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