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authorGerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>2019-02-03 21:35:45 +0100
committerMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>2019-04-29 10:47:10 +0200
commit805bc0bc238f7209fca5e39c152b0d3c12046ac9 (patch)
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parents390: enable processes for mio instructions (diff)
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s390/kernel: build a relocatable kernel
This patch adds support for building a relocatable kernel with -fPIE. The kernel will be relocated to 0 early in the boot process. Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Philipp Rudo <prudo@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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@@ -624,6 +624,19 @@ config EXPOLINE_FULL
endchoice
+config RELOCATABLE
+ bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
+ select MODULE_REL_CRCS if MODVERSIONS
+ default y
+ help
+ This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
+ so it can be loaded at an arbitrary address.
+ The kernel is linked as a position-independent executable (PIE)
+ and contains dynamic relocations which are processed early in the
+ bootup process.
+ The relocations make the kernel image about 15% larger (compressed
+ 10%), but are discarded at runtime.
+
endmenu
menu "Memory setup"