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authorJuergen Beisert <j.beisert@pengutronix.de>2008-05-15 08:28:09 +0000
committerJuergen Beisert <j.beisert@pengutronix.de>2008-05-15 08:28:09 +0000
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* kernel.[in|make]: Section mismatch check is now (2.6.25) a buildtime
instead of a config switch. This change gives the user for these kernels a new menuentry to enable the check on demand. git-svn-id: https://svn.pengutronix.de/svn/ptxdist/trunks/ptxdist-trunk@8159 33e552b5-05e3-0310-8538-816dae2090ed
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diff --git a/platforms/kernel.in b/platforms/kernel.in
index 5e4e8936..0c46fa9d 100644
--- a/platforms/kernel.in
+++ b/platforms/kernel.in
@@ -179,3 +179,17 @@ config KERNEL_IMAGE
default "vmImage" if KERNEL_IMAGE_VM
default "vmlinux" if KERNEL_IMAGE_VMLINUX
+comment "--- development feature ---"
+ depends on KERNEL
+
+config KERNEL_CHECK_MISMATCH
+ bool
+ prompt "check for section mismatch while building"
+ depends on KERNEL
+ help
+ Enable this feature if you want kernel's builsystem to check for
+ section mismatches (__devinit/__devexit, __init/__exit). This
+ entry is valid for 2.6.25 kernels and above. Previous kernel versions
+ do this check automatically. Enabling this feature is recommended
+ for kernel development.
+ Changing this entry will rebuild the whole kernel.