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* Why kernel make obj file with debug info ?
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@ 2008-12-31  5:30 ` pl ice
  2008-12-31  6:00   ` Dave Jones
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: pl ice @ 2008-12-31  5:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Hi ,
       I found kernel use Kbuild to make obj-file,and I objdumped
 these obj file and found they all had section .debug. I think they
 will make building kernel use much more time.why these
 obj file compile to debug version?


 Best Regards
 lin

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* Re: Why kernel make obj file with debug info ?
  2008-12-31  5:30 ` Why kernel make obj file with debug info ? pl ice
@ 2008-12-31  6:00   ` Dave Jones
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2008-12-31  6:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pl ice; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 01:30:32PM +0800, pl ice wrote:
 > Hi ,
 >        I found kernel use Kbuild to make obj-file,and I objdumped
 >  these obj file and found they all had section .debug. I think they
 >  will make building kernel use much more time.why these
 >  obj file compile to debug version?

Because you have CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO set.

	Dave

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