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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-05-24 16:31:37 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-05-24 16:31:37 -0400 |
commit | 2bb732cdb48d271ff7a910260ffb851fb4bc8a28 (patch) | |
tree | 580bf68eb1e52b4e6915588d61423347ae09c318 /init | |
parent | f50d1d9e8d964fdd3b4cedfbca8843d1bc5916c1 (diff) | |
parent | c4d5ee13984f57b2f881635c49045151679f5e8a (diff) |
Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6
* 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
kbuild: make KBUILD_NOCMDDEP=1 handle empty built-in.o
scripts/kallsyms.c: fix potential segfault
scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Convert to a /bin/sh script
kbuild: Fix GNU make v3.80 compatibility
kbuild: Fix passing -Wno-* options to gcc 4.4+
kbuild: move scripts/basic/docproc.c to scripts/docproc.c
kbuild: Fix Makefile.asm-generic for um
kbuild: Allow to combine multiple W= levels
kbuild: Disable -Wunused-but-set-variable for gcc 4.6.0
Fix handling of backlash character in LINUX_COMPILE_BY name
kbuild: asm-generic support
kbuild: implement several W= levels
kbuild: Fix build with binutils <= 2.19
initramfs: Use KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP for generated entries
kbuild: Allow to override LINUX_COMPILE_BY and LINUX_COMPILE_HOST macros
kbuild: Drop unused LINUX_COMPILE_TIME and LINUX_COMPILE_DOMAIN macros
kbuild: Use the deterministic mode of ar
kbuild: Call gzip with -n
kbuild: move KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS from Kconfig to Makefile
Kconfig: improve KALLSYMS_ALL documentation
Fix up trivial conflict in Makefile
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 30 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index c8b172efaa65..332aac649966 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig | |||
@@ -959,24 +959,18 @@ config KALLSYMS_ALL | |||
959 | bool "Include all symbols in kallsyms" | 959 | bool "Include all symbols in kallsyms" |
960 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KALLSYMS | 960 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KALLSYMS |
961 | help | 961 | help |
962 | Normally kallsyms only contains the symbols of functions, for nicer | 962 | Normally kallsyms only contains the symbols of functions for nicer |
963 | OOPS messages. Some debuggers can use kallsyms for other | 963 | OOPS messages and backtraces (i.e., symbols from the text and inittext |
964 | symbols too: say Y here to include all symbols, if you need them | 964 | sections). This is sufficient for most cases. And only in very rare |
965 | and you don't care about adding 300k to the size of your kernel. | 965 | cases (e.g., when a debugger is used) all symbols are required (e.g., |
966 | 966 | names of variables from the data sections, etc). | |
967 | Say N. | 967 | |
968 | 968 | This option makes sure that all symbols are loaded into the kernel | |
969 | config KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS | 969 | image (i.e., symbols from all sections) in cost of increased kernel |
970 | bool "Do an extra kallsyms pass" | 970 | size (depending on the kernel configuration, it may be 300KiB or |
971 | depends on KALLSYMS | 971 | something like this). |
972 | help | 972 | |
973 | If kallsyms is not working correctly, the build will fail with | 973 | Say N unless you really need all symbols. |
974 | inconsistent kallsyms data. If that occurs, log a bug report and | ||
975 | turn on KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS which should result in a stable build. | ||
976 | Always say N here unless you find a bug in kallsyms, which must be | ||
977 | reported. KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is only a temporary workaround while | ||
978 | you wait for kallsyms to be fixed. | ||
979 | |||
980 | 974 | ||
981 | config HOTPLUG | 975 | config HOTPLUG |
982 | bool "Support for hot-pluggable devices" if EXPERT | 976 | bool "Support for hot-pluggable devices" if EXPERT |