Re: 2.6.0-test3-mm1

Sam Ravnborg
2003-08-13T20:18:34Z

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:26:36AM -0700, George Anzinger wrote:
> >that patch sets DEBUG_INFO to y by default, even if whether DEBUG_KERNEL
> >nor KGDB is enabled. The attached patch changes this to enable DEBUG_INFO
> >by default only if KGDB is enabled.
>
> Looks good to me, but.... just what does this turn on? Its been a
> long time and me thinks a wee comment here would help me remember next
> time.

DEBUG_INFO add "-g" to CFLAGS.
Main reason to introduce this was that many architectures always use
"-g", so a config option seemed more appropriate.
I do not agree that this should be dependent on KGDB.
To my knowledge -g is useful also without using kgdb.

Sam