Sergei Poselenov wrote: > Hello, > > A naive question. For the same toolchain (gcc-3.2, binutils-2.11.94, > glibc-2.3.1) I've got the following binary sizes (busybox, built > with -Os): > > MIPS: > bash# size busybox > text data bss dec hex filename > 165080 5564 10168 180812 2c24c busybox > bash# ls -l busybox > -rwxr-xr-x 1 psl psl 185160 Aug 1 19:53 busybox > > PowerPC: > bash# size busybox > text data bss dec hex filename > 127101 1024 12204 140329 22429 busybox > bash# ls -l busybox > -rwxr-xr-x 1 psl psl 131412 Aug 1 19:52 busybox > > I know, the toolchain is pretty old, but nevertheless, > could someone explain why such difference in sizes? > Is it MIPS specifics, or just lack of popularity and > thus development?
I don't believe it's the same program. Look at why the data sizes are different: you'll need the linker map. Andrew.
