Commit 845adf72 authored May 05, 2009 by H. Peter Anvin

x86: add a Kconfig symbol for when relocations are needed



We only need to build relocations when we are building a 32-bit
relocatable kernel.  Rather than unnecessarily complicating the
Makefiles, make an explicit Kbuild symbol for this.

[ Impact: permits future cleanup ]

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

parent d3dd3b5a

arch/x86/Kconfig

+5 −0

Original line number	Diff line number	Diff line
		@@ -1513,6 +1513,11 @@ config RELOCATABLE
		it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
		(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.

		# Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
		config X86_NEED_RELOCS
		def_bool y
		depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE

		config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
		hex
		prompt "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32

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