KALLSYMS always enabled in 'make gconfig' on PS3

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Thu Jan 15 17:52:43 UTC 2009


Simon W Bock wrote:
> Hi All,
> this seems to be the most appropriate place to report it...
> 
> I try to compile a kernel on and for the PS3 using Geoff Levand's 
> sources 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git;a=summary
> and did a 'make ps3_defconfig' before doing 'make gconfig'.
> Now I'd care much more for 300k less in kernel size than for full 
> symbols in the OOPS, so I would like to deselect KALLSYMS and 
> KALLSYMS_ALL. The latter is even suggested to disable in the help text.
> But whatever I do, those two are always selected. Even when I deselect 
> them using vi, the next time I do a 'make gconfig' on the config-file 
> they are on again.
> 
> Is this done for some special reason? Or can they be turned off?
> Thank you,
> 	Simon
> 

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