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hi,

have graphics card needs 3.2 kernel work properly. kernel compiles fine, yet there thing don't understand. when download , expand archive of 3.2-rc7 kernel.org, directory of 550 mb. however, after compiling kernel , making deb file command

fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers

source directory whopping 7.9 g! understand directory larger after compilation, seems tad excessive. have tried on fresh install, , i've encountered same phenomenon. can explain what's going on here? thanks!

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hi,

have graphics card needs 3.2 kernel work properly. kernel compiles fine, yet there thing don't understand. when download , expand archive of 3.2-rc7 kernel.org, directory of 550 mb. however, after compiling kernel , making deb file command

fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers

source directory whopping 7.9 g! understand directory larger after compilation, seems tad excessive. have tried on fresh install, , i've encountered same phenomenon. can explain what's going on here? thanks!
your compiling kernel debug info can disable before compile .


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