From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965451AbXC0VVh (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:21:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965453AbXC0VVh (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:21:37 -0400 Received: from mail.clusterfs.com ([206.168.112.78]:43872 "EHLO mail.clusterfs.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965451AbXC0VVg (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:21:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:21:33 -0600 From: Andreas Dilger To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] clarify CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO help text Message-ID: <20070327212133.GA22409@schatzie.adilger.int> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The following patch adds some extra clarification to the CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO Kconfig help text. The current text is mostly a recursive definition and doesn't really say much of anything. When I first read this I thought it was going to enable extra verbosity in debug messages or something, but it is only enabling the "gcc -g" compile option in the Makefile. Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger --- ./lib/Kconfig.debug.orig 2007-02-07 17:10:34.000000000 -0700 +++ ./lib/Kconfig.debug 2007-03-27 13:32:17.000000000 -0600 @@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ 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. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Principal Software Engineer Cluster File Systems, Inc.