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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-06 22:21:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-06 22:21:57 +0200 |
| commit | 15700770ef7c5d12e2f1659d2ddbeb3f658d9f37 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fa2f81c33c9efcb1a1568385beead75c5892cfb /lib | |
| parent | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi... (diff) | |
| parent | kconfig: fix mconf segmentation fault (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (38 commits)
kconfig: fix mconf segmentation fault
kbuild: enable use of code from a different dir
kconfig: error out if recursive dependencies are found
kbuild: scripts/basic/fixdep segfault on pathological string-o-death
kconfig: correct minor typo in Kconfig warning message.
kconfig: fix path to modules.txt in Kconfig help
usr/Kconfig: fix typo
kernel-doc: alphabetically-sorted entries in index.html of 'htmldocs'
kbuild: be more explicit on missing .config file
kbuild: clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string.
kbuild: propagate errors from find in scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
kconfig: refer to qt3 if we cannot find qt libraries
kbuild: handle compressed cpio initramfs-es
kbuild: ignore section mismatch warning for references from .paravirtprobe to .init.text
kbuild: remove stale comment in modpost.c
kbuild/mkuboot.sh: allow spaces in CROSS_COMPILE
kbuild: fix make mrproper for Documentation/DocBook/man
kbuild: remove kconfig binaries during make mrproper
kconfig/menuconfig: do not hardcode '.config'
kbuild: override build timestamp & version
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 79afd00bbe5f..bdbf3fe14de6 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ config DEBUG_INFO help If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. + This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and + is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object + tools like crash, kgdb, LKCD, gdb, etc on the kernel. Say Y here only if you plan to debug the kernel. If unsure, say N. |