Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH] arch: remove KCORE_ELF again | From | Paul Bolle <> | Date | Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:40:51 +0100 |
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The Kconfig symbol KCORE_ELF was removed in v2.6.0, but reappeared in two architectures. It is useless. Remove it again.
Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> --- 0) Untested.
1) Sent as one patch. Feel free to tell me to split it up in two patches.
arch/tile/Kconfig | 5 ----- arch/xtensa/Kconfig | 15 --------------- 2 files changed, 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig index 2f8ccff..18e2a81 100644 --- a/arch/tile/Kconfig +++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig @@ -411,11 +411,6 @@ endmenu menu "Executable file formats" -# only elf supported -config KCORE_ELF - def_bool y - depends on PROC_FS - source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt" endmenu diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig index b09de49..d10b159 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig +++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig @@ -252,21 +252,6 @@ endmenu menu "Executable file formats" -# only elf supported -config KCORE_ELF - def_bool y - depends on PROC_FS - help - If you enabled support for /proc file system then the file - /proc/kcore will contain the kernel core image in ELF format. This - can be used in gdb: - - $ cd /usr/src/linux ; gdb vmlinux /proc/kcore - - This is especially useful if you have compiled the kernel with the - "-g" option to preserve debugging information. It is mainly used - for examining kernel data structures on the live kernel. - source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt" endmenu -- 1.7.11.7
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