From bf0c3fd3e08a4f334271157ce2cfbaf6d833552b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Samson <12231216+daniel-samson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:17:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] kernel: strip debug info in non-Debug builds

ReleaseSafe kept full DWARF/symtab because nothing set strip on the
kernel module, bloating the flashable image to 2.4MB (~1.4MB of which
was debug info). Strip for every optimize mode except Debug, so
release builds shrink to ~900KB while debug builds keep symbols.
---
 build.zig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 2631186..a6671ef 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ fn addKernel(
             .sanitize_c = .off, // the UBSan runtime needs f128/SSE support we don't provide
             .stack_check = false, // stack-probe calls have no runtime to land in
             .stack_protector = false,
+            .strip = optimize != .Debug, // DWARF info doubles the flashable image; keep it only for debug builds
             .imports = &.{
                 .{ .name = "boot-handoff", .module = modules.boot_handoff },
                 .{ .name = "abi", .module = modules.abi },