On Oct 12 2006, at 10:44, Kevin Hilman was caught saying:
> Index: linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.18.orig/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
> +++ linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
> @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
>
> config WANT_EXTRA_DEBUG_INFORMATION
> bool
> - select DEBUG_INFO
> select UNWIND_INFO
> select FRAME_POINTER if X86 || SUPERH
> select STACK_UNWIND if X86
> Index: linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.debug
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.18.orig/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -448,11 +448,15 @@ config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
> config DEBUG_INFO
> bool "Compile the kernel with debug info"
> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> + default WANT_EXTRA_DEBUG_INFORMATION
> help
> If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
> debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
> Say Y here only if you plan to debug the kernel.
>
> + This option is very strongly recommended when using kgdb.
> + If symbolic debugging is desired, this option is required.
> +
I'm thinking make the text part of the KGDB selection:
It is strongly recommended that you enable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
when using KGDB so you can have symbolic debugging information.
~Deepak
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