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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] Separate runtime debug output from debug symbols



Olaf Hering writes ("[PATCH v3] Separate runtime debug output from debug 
symbols"):
> Two make variables exist (debug=y and debug_symbols=y) to control either
> the creation of additional runtime debug or the creation of debug
> symbols for tools like gdb.  Some places in the code still passed -g
> unconditionally to the compiler. Wrap them into a "debug_symbols"
> conditional. The xen build passed -g unconditional, reuse the existing
> debug_symbols=y check in Config.mk. There are still parts of the code
> that hardcode -g, namely the external qemu-traditional and stubdom
> packages. They are not changed by this patch.

Why is it wrong to always pass -g ?

(There should indeed be separate control over whether installed code
is symbol-stripped.)

Ian.

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