Re: [PATCH] x86: revert CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y defconfig change

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> it would be better to find some way to fix up the debug information
> (perhaps this can be done with the right ld parameters?)
> 
> Changing defconfig doesn't really fix the problem because there will
> be still lots of kernel configurations around with
> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
> 

Fixing the debug information is definitely necessary.  This is merely a
stopgap.  There has been a bug report about the relocatable kernel's
symbol information for a while, but there seems to be no forward
progress at fixing those.  I might end up taking a look at it.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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