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| author | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-06-28 23:27:48 -0400 |
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| committer | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-06-28 23:27:48 -0400 |
| commit | 9f2fa466383ce100b90fe52cb4489d7a26bf72a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b72b1fae85137435d5b98f4614df2195f612acc /lib/Kconfig.debug | |
| parent | 607f31e80b6f982d7c0dd7a5045377fc368fe507 (diff) | |
| parent | 0a6047eef1c465c38aacfbdab193161b3f0cd144 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/trondmy/kernel/linux-2.6/
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 5330911ebd30..e4fcbd12cf6e 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y unless you really know what this hack does. +config UNUSED_SYMBOLS + bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" + default y if X86 + help + Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger. For + that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed. This + option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case + some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you + encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually + using the right API. (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using + this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the + wrong interface to use). If you really need the symbol, please send a + mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why + you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for + your module is. + config DEBUG_KERNEL bool "Kernel debugging" help |