Deepak Saxena wrote:

>On Oct 12 2006, at 10:44, Kevin Hilman was caught saying:
>  
>
>>Index: linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
>>===================================================================
>>--- linux-2.6.18.orig/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
>>+++ linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
>>@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
>>
>> config WANT_EXTRA_DEBUG_INFORMATION
>>      bool
>>-     select DEBUG_INFO
>>      select UNWIND_INFO
>>      select FRAME_POINTER if X86 || SUPERH
>>      select STACK_UNWIND if X86
>>Index: linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.debug
>>===================================================================
>>--- linux-2.6.18.orig/lib/Kconfig.debug
>>+++ linux-2.6.18/lib/Kconfig.debug
>>@@ -448,11 +448,15 @@ config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
>> config DEBUG_INFO
>>      bool "Compile the kernel with debug info"
>>      depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
>>+     default WANT_EXTRA_DEBUG_INFORMATION
>>      help
>>           If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
>>        debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
>>        Say Y here only if you plan to debug the kernel.
>>
>>+       This option is very strongly recommended when using kgdb.
>>+       If symbolic debugging is desired, this option is required.
>>+
>>    
>>
>
>I'm thinking make the text part of the KGDB selection:
>
>       It is strongly recommended that you enable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
>       when using KGDB so you can have symbolic debugging information.
>  
>

This sounds like selecting KGDB does not select CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO, but 
that is not the way it is coded. How about:

It is strongly recommended that you NOT disable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO when 
using KGDB so you can have symbolic debugging information.


>~Deepak
>
>  
>

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