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Re: [patch/rfc/testsuite] Test GDB on not-so-little core files
- From: mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
- To: ac131313 at redhat dot com, mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:57:01 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: [patch/rfc/testsuite] Test GDB on not-so-little core files
> testcase /house/chastain/gdb/s1/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp completed in 183 seconds
> testcase src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp completed in 4 seconds
Figures prove: Linux dumps core faster! :)
Part of the difference is that I'm using an NFS file system.
But a lot of it may be sparse file support in Linux.
I can't comment on the program itself right now, maybe later.
Michael C