[vbox-dev] VBoxGuestAdditions.iso size - optimization possible for v4.0 ?

[Alexey Eromenko]

2010/12/16 Achim Hasenmüller <achim.hasenmueller at oracle.com>:
>
> On Dec 16, 2010, at 15:27 , Alexey Eromenko wrote:
>
> 3. The 32-bit drives for Windows guest now take _much_ more.
> VBoxGuest/VBoxSF/VBoxGINA drivers have risen from 700 KB (VBox 1.6) to
> whole 2.8 MB. (VBox 2.0)
> (quadrupling the size !)
> I see no valid reason for such kind of change, esp. because there was
> no significant improvement of functionality in those components with v2.0.
> The only thing I can think of is bad compiler or compiler options.
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> What are you talking about?
> Module (32-bit)  v4.0              -                v2.0
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> VBoxGINA ~704 KB   ~650 KB
> VBoxGuest       ~102 KB                           ~40 KB
> VBoxSF          ~228 KB                           ~195 KB

Please compare v1.6. to v2.0.

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-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"