From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763417AbZEGWcc (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 18:32:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762607AbZEGW1T (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 18:27:19 -0400 Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.21]:19804 "EHLO orsmga101.jf.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757507AbZEGW1K (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 18:27:10 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,312,1239001200"; d="scan'208";a="410470486" From: "H. Peter Anvin" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: vgoyal@redhat.com, hbabu@us.ibm.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org, ying.huang@intel.com, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, ebiederm@xmission.com, sam@ravnborg.org, "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: [PATCH 13/14] x86: make CONFIG_RELOCATABLE the default Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 15:27:01 -0700 Message-Id: <1241735222-6640-14-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.0.6 In-Reply-To: <1241735222-6640-1-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com> References: <1241735222-6640-1-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: H. Peter Anvin Remove the EXPERIMENTAL tag from CONFIG_RELOCATABLE and make it the default. Relocatable kernels have been used for a while now, and should now have identical semantics to non-relocatable kernels when loaded by a non-relocating bootloader. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index cd76de1..d3c8b0d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1500,8 +1500,8 @@ config PHYSICAL_START Don't change this unless you know what you are doing. config RELOCATABLE - bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + bool "Build a relocatable kernel" + default y ---help--- This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB. -- 1.6.0.6