currently bin2c builds only if CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y. But bin2c will now be used by kexec too. So make it compilation dependent on CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C and this config option can be selected by CONFIG_KEXEC and CONFIG_IKCONFIG. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal at redhat.com> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + init/Kconfig | 5 +++++ scripts/basic/Makefile | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index a8f749e..eaa00ae 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1576,6 +1576,7 @@ source kernel/Kconfig.hz config KEXEC bool "kexec system call" + select BUILD_BIN2C ---help--- kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 9d76b99..866fc50 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -783,8 +783,13 @@ endchoice endmenu # "RCU Subsystem" +config BUILD_BIN2C + bool + default n + config IKCONFIG tristate "Kernel .config support" + select BUILD_BIN2C ---help--- This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation diff --git a/scripts/basic/Makefile b/scripts/basic/Makefile index afbc1cd..ec10d93 100644 --- a/scripts/basic/Makefile +++ b/scripts/basic/Makefile @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # fixdep: Used to generate dependency information during build process hostprogs-y := fixdep -hostprogs-$(CONFIG_IKCONFIG) += bin2c +hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C) += bin2c always := $(hostprogs-y) # fixdep is needed to compile other host programs -- 1.9.0
