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From: Jim <jim@micronetics.com>
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.gnu_compiler
Subject: Re: Real executable size
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:19:54 +0000
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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    size is shipped with the yaroze also.
    just do....

    size <exe>

    It will tell you how much is allocated to the bss, text data segments.
etc..
    Mapfiles are extremely helpful too.

    Jim


Lewis_Evans@Playstation.sony.com wrote:

> From: Lewis_Evans@Playstation.sony.com
> To: news@playstation.co.uk
>
> Use the makefile options to force GNU to generate a mapfile:
>
> eg
>
> LINKER  = -Xlinker -Map -Xlinker mapfile -Xlinker -Ttext -Xlinker 80140000
>
> will produce <mapfile>. See what it looks like when your array is declared,
> and when the array is commented; you should notice exactly 250K difference.
> This difference is in a section of the program which is not uploaded
> via siocons; hence the apparent zero-cost of the array.
>
>      Lewis
>
> To:       Lewis Evans
> cc:
> From:     news @ playstation.co.uk
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>
> From: "Maurice Sibrandi" <sibrandi@orion.nl>
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> When compiled my exe is about 20k (for example) but
> when I declare an array of 250k (for a gpu workspace) the
> size stays 20k. I wouldn't complain about it because it
> saves upload time, but I'm writing my own siocons and
> want to include a memory map. How can I see how big
> my exe is INCLUDING the static data? Which registers
> tell me that in the fileheaders?
> Thank u!