kconfig.debug: clarify CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO help text

The following patch adds some extra clarification to the CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO Kconfig help text. The current text is mostly a recursive definition and doesn't really say much of anything. When I first read this I thought it was going to enable extra verbosity in debug messages or something, but it is only enabling the "gcc -g" compile option in the Makefile. Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]>
kyagi · May 2, 2007 · b72e53f · b72e53f
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@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ config DEBUG_INFO
 	help
           If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
 	  debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
+	  This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and
+	  is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object
+	  tools like crash, kgdb, LKCD, gdb, etc on the kernel.
 	  Say Y here only if you plan to debug the kernel.
 
 	  If unsure, say N.