[RFC/PATCH] boot debugging symbols

Amos Waterland apw at us.ibm.com
Mon Feb 28 11:19:46 EST 2005


It is really useful when debugging early boot on simulator to have debug
symbols in the 32-bit code that uncompresses the kernel proper.  Is this
patch all right, or is a CONFIG_BOOT_DEBUG_INFO also needed?

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===== arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile 1.22 vs edited =====
--- 1.22/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile	2005-01-08 19:42:42 -05:00
+++ edited/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile	2005-02-27 18:52:03 -05:00
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 BOOTOBJCOPY	:= $(CROSS32_COMPILE)objcopy
 OBJCOPYFLAGS    := contents,alloc,load,readonly,data
 
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
+BOOTCFLAGS		+= -g
+BOOTAFLAGS		+= -g
+endif
+
 src-boot := crt0.S string.S prom.c main.c zlib.c imagesize.c div64.S
 src-boot := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(src-boot))
 obj-boot := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(src-boot)))


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