[PATCH 3/3] kallsyms: remove --page-offset command line option

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Tue Feb 2 16:05:06 PST 2016


On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 02:19:34PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The --page-offset command line option was only used for ARM, to filter
> symbol addresses below CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET. This is no longer needed, so
> remove the functionality altogether.

>From what I remember, this option has nothing to do with MMU-ful ARM,
but noMMU ARM, where the .text segment can be significantly different
from the .data segment.

I think you need to talk to noMMU people about this patch.

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