Re: [Bug #12156] v2.6.28-rc2: x86_32 relocation regression?

H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-22T06:31:24Z

Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> not really a regression but a long-standing inconvenience/bug of the debug
> symbols of relocatable kernels. (ever since relocatable kernels were added
> in '06 or so.) Nevertheless we queued up a revert of the defconfig change
> for .29, to not expose it in the defconfig:
>
> f269b07: x86: revert CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y defconfig change
>
> so i think it can be taken off the regressions list.
>

It's a bug, yes, not a regression. It should be fixed if possible, but
it's not a regression nor a hideously critical issue.

-hpa

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