powerpc: Make the 64-bit kernel as a position-independent executable

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / arch / powerpc / Kconfig

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 587da5e0990f9504979f9357b2783305e6a23d02..17c988b678d1995f535f9dd0ef2343229630c428 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -806,6 +806,19 @@ config PIN_TLB
 endmenu
 
 if PPC64
+config RELOCATABLE
+       bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
+       help
+         This builds a kernel image that is capable of running anywhere
+         in the RMA (real memory area) at any 16k-aligned base address.
+         The kernel is linked as a position-independent executable (PIE)
+         and contains dynamic relocations which are processed early
+         in the bootup process.
+
+         One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
+         must live at a different physical address than the primary
+         kernel.
+
 config PAGE_OFFSET
        hex
        default "0xc000000000000000"