Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Make CONFIG_RELOCATABLE user selectable

[Andreas Schwab]

On Okt 26 2021, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:

> +config RELOCATABLE
> +	bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
> +	depends on MMU && 64BIT && !XIP_KERNEL
> +	help
> +          This builds a kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE),
> +          which retains all relocation metadata required to relocate the
> +          kernel binary at runtime to a different virtual address than the
> +          address it was linked at.
> +          Since RISCV uses the RELA relocation format, this requires a
> +          relocation pass at runtime even if the kernel is loaded at the
> +          same address it was linked at.

When in doubt, do what?

Andreas.

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