Any more comments on this topic? Here's a patch that incorporates Juan's suggestion. I'm content to do away with the multiple-dependence syntax in the Makefiles... having KGDB on defines "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO", otherwise you can explicitly turn it on. If no one objects, I'll do the same for 2.5. Kip
Index: arch/mips/config-shared.in =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/linux/arch/mips/Attic/config-shared.in,v retrieving revision 1.1.2.48 diff -u -r1.1.2.48 config-shared.in --- arch/mips/config-shared.in 26 Feb 2003 21:14:23 -0000 1.1.2.48 +++ arch/mips/config-shared.in 6 Mar 2003 16:43:59 -0000 @@ -977,6 +977,11 @@ bool 'Are you using a crosscompiler' CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE bool 'Enable run-time debugging' CONFIG_RUNTIME_DEBUG bool 'Remote GDB kernel debugging' CONFIG_KGDB +if [ "$CONFIG_KGDB" = "y" ]; then + define_bool CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO y +else + bool 'Debugging symbols' CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO +fi dep_bool ' Console output to GDB' CONFIG_GDB_CONSOLE $CONFIG_KGDB if [ "$CONFIG_SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC" = "y" ]; then bool 'Compile for Corelis Debugger' CONFIG_SB1XXX_CORELIS Index: arch/mips/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/linux/arch/mips/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.78.2.23 diff -u -r1.78.2.23 Makefile --- arch/mips/Makefile 26 Feb 2003 21:14:23 -0000 1.78.2.23 +++ arch/mips/Makefile 6 Mar 2003 16:43:59 -0000 @@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ LINKFLAGS += -G 0 -static # -N MODFLAGS += -mlong-calls -ifdef CONFIG_KGDB +ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO GCCFLAGS += -g +endif ifdef CONFIG_SB1XXX_CORELIS GCCFLAGS += -mno-sched-prolog -fno-omit-frame-pointer -endif endif check_gcc = $(shell if $(CC) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi) Index: arch/mips64/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/linux/arch/mips64/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.22.2.27 diff -u -r1.22.2.27 Makefile --- arch/mips64/Makefile 26 Feb 2003 21:14:24 -0000 1.22.2.27 +++ arch/mips64/Makefile 6 Mar 2003 16:43:59 -0000 @@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ LINKFLAGS += -G 0 -static # -N MODFLAGS += -mlong-calls -ifdef CONFIG_KGDB +ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO GCCFLAGS += -g +endif ifdef CONFIG_SB1XXX_CORELIS GCCFLAGS += -mno-sched-prolog -fno-omit-frame-pointer -endif endif check_gcc = $(shell if $(CC) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi)