Re: Debug and diagnostic options

[Juan RP <juan%xtrarom.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:07:01 +0100
"Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmerino%ac.upc.edu@localhost> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> [ Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list ]
> 
> I see that the default configuration files for Xen, both in i386 and  
> amd64, have the DEBUG and DIAGNOSTIC options turned on by default  
> [*].  Why is this?  Can they be removed and let the user decide if he  
> really wants them, as we do with all other kernels?
> 
> I'm asking because I added those two options to a GENERIC.local file  
> and then rebuilt the whole system, hoping that all release kernels  
> would be built with these options.  But, to my surprise, the built  
> broke because they were being redefined in the Xen kernels.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> * Little inconsistency: the ones in i386 do not define makeoptions  
> DEBUG="-g", whereas the ones in amd64 do.

I asked that question some years ago when Xen 2 was still experimental...
and Manuel said that it was there for testing. I agree with Julio and
IMHO it's time to remove those options...

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