On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 16:30 +0000, Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:24:57PM +0100, Manuel Lauss wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] > > > This patch will only enable that option when the DEBUG_KERNEL is > > > enabled. > > > > How about making it independent from DEBUG_KERNEL altogether? If find > > it useful even without full debug info. I agree with Manuel here. I often build release kernels that benefit from EARLY_PRINTK. Why not make EARLY_PRINTK a selectable option in the config? Coupling it to DEBUG_KERNEL seems confusing. =Kevin > > DEBUG_INFO controlls the generation of ELF debug information. DEBUG_KERNEL > only hides most of the debugging options. > > Ralf >