[PATCH 0/2] do not select KALLSYMS_ALL

Artem Bityutskiy dedekind1 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 4 03:12:09 EDT 2011


On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 16:54 +0100, Paulo Marques wrote:
> Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 16:34 +0100, Paulo Marques wrote:
> >>[...]
> >> With an automatic makefile mechanism, the problem would go unnoticed and
> >> it just wouldn't be fixed, increasing the kernel compile time for
> >> everyone who hits the same troublesome configuration.
> > 
> > Yes, the build system may print a message:
> > 
> > Your symbols table is screwed, this is a bug, report about it. As a
> > temporary workaround use "make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1"
> > 
> > Or something like that.
> 
> Yes, I think that would work too, and it would even prevent the option
> from being on for no good reason.

I'll try to find some time and cook a patch.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)




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