From: Andreas Dilger Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:21:33 +0000 (-0600) Subject: kconfig.debug: clarify CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO help text X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b72e53f8bbbec8421316220291d8a8002a5562ba;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git kconfig.debug: clarify CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO help text 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 Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg --- 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.