diff -r 47f10d7b25b8 gen_cmdline.sh
--- a/gen_cmdline.sh	Thu Feb 26 01:45:04 2009 -0500
+++ b/gen_cmdline.sh	Fri Feb 27 00:42:06 2009 -0500
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
   echo "	--integrated-initramfs"
   echo "				Build the generated initramfs into the kernel instead of"
   echo "				keeping it as a separate file"
+  echo "	--strip=(all|kernel|modules)"
+  echo "				Strip debug symbols from the installed kernel, modules,"
+  echo "				all (default)"
+  echo "	--no-strip"
+  echo "				Don't strip installed kernel or modules"
 }
 
 usage() {
@@ -501,6 +506,14 @@
 			CMD_INTEGRATED_INITRAMFS=1
 			print_info 2 "CMD_INTEGRATED_INITRAMFS=${CMD_INTEGRATED_INITRAMFS}"
 			;;
+		--strip=*)
+			CMD_STRIP_TYPE=`parse_opt "$*"`
+			print_info 2 "CMD_STRIP_TYPE: ${CMD_STRIP_TYPE}"
+			;;
+		--no-strip)
+			CMD_STRIP_TYPE=none
+			print_info 2 "CMD_STRIP_TYPE: ${CMD_STRIP_TYPE}"
+			;;
 		all)
 			BUILD_KERNEL=1
 			BUILD_MODULES=1
diff -r 47f10d7b25b8 gen_compile.sh
--- a/gen_compile.sh	Thu Feb 26 01:45:04 2009 -0500
+++ b/gen_compile.sh	Fri Feb 27 00:42:06 2009 -0500
@@ -309,9 +309,18 @@
 		MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS_SAVE/-j?/-j1}"
 	fi
 	[ "${INSTALL_MOD_PATH}" != '' ] && export INSTALL_MOD_PATH
+	if [ "${CMD_STRIP_TYPE}" == "all" -o "${CMD_STRIP_TYPE}" == "modules" ]
+	then
+		print_info 1 "        >> Installing ${KV} modules (and stripping)"
+		INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1
+		export INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
+	else
+		print_info 1 "        >> Installing ${KV} modules"
+	fi
 	compile_generic "modules_install" kernel
 	[ "${VER}" -eq '2' -a "${KERN_24}" -eq '1' ] && MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS_SAVE}"
 	export MAKEOPTS
+	unset INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 	unset UNAME_MACHINE
 }
 
diff -r 47f10d7b25b8 gen_determineargs.sh
--- a/gen_determineargs.sh	Thu Feb 26 01:45:04 2009 -0500
+++ b/gen_determineargs.sh	Fri Feb 27 00:42:06 2009 -0500
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 	set_config_with_override 1 GENZIMAGE            CMD_GENZIMAGE
 	set_config_with_override 1 KEYMAP               CMD_KEYMAP               "yes"
 	set_config_with_override 1 DOKEYMAPAUTO         CMD_DOKEYMAPAUTO
+	set_config_with_override 1 STRIP_TYPE           CMD_STRIP_TYPE           "all"
 
 	BOOTDIR=`arch_replace "${BOOTDIR}"`
 	BOOTDIR=${BOOTDIR%/}    # Remove any trailing slash
diff -r 47f10d7b25b8 gen_funcs.sh
--- a/gen_funcs.sh	Thu Feb 26 01:45:04 2009 -0500
+++ b/gen_funcs.sh	Fri Feb 27 00:42:06 2009 -0500
@@ -409,7 +409,13 @@
 	print_info 5 "  Copying ${symlinkName}: ${newSrceImage}"
 	print_info 5 "    to ${BOOTDIR}/${currDestImage}"
 	cp "${newSrceImage}" "${BOOTDIR}/${currDestImage}" ||
-	    gen_die "Could not copy the ${symlinkName} image to ${BOOTDIR}!"
+		gen_die "Could not copy the ${symlinkName} image to ${BOOTDIR}!"
+
+	if [ "${CMD_STRIP_TYPE}" = "all" -o "${CMD_STRIP_TYPE}" = "kernel" ]
+	then
+		print_info 5 "  Stripping ${BOOTDIR}/${currDestImage}"
+		strip --strip-debug "${BOOTDIR}/${currDestImage}" >/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
 
 	if [ "${SYMLINK}" -eq '1' ]
 	then