Kernel compiling: Why is my Kernel so big?

[Dieter Wirz]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> But instead of compiling the modules with debugging  info's and then
>> striping them off I now simply turn OFF "Compile the kernel with debug
>> info"....
>>
>> # du /lib/modules/* -sh
>> 88M     /lib/modules/2.6.28-13-generic
>> 67M     /lib/modules/2.6.30.1-didi
>
>
> Where do you (un)set this option?
Out of my memory:
make menuconfig -> "Kernel hacking" -> "Compile the kernel with debug info"

HTH
-didi