From: Thomas Schlichter that patch sets DEBUG_INFO to y by default, even if whether DEBUG_KERNEL nor KGDB is enabled. The attached patch changes this to enable DEBUG_INFO by default only if KGDB is enabled. arch/i386/Kconfig | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig~kgdb-fix-debug-info arch/i386/Kconfig --- 25/arch/i386/Kconfig~kgdb-fix-debug-info 2003-09-26 22:09:04.000000000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/arch/i386/Kconfig 2003-09-26 22:09:04.000000000 -0700 @@ -1321,6 +1321,7 @@ config KGDB_IRQ config DEBUG_INFO bool + depends on KGDB default y config KGDB_MORE _