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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig5
-rw-r--r--scripts/basic/Makefile2
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index c915cc6e40be..98fe3df6df82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1582,6 +1582,7 @@ source kernel/Kconfig.hz
config KEXEC
bool "kexec system call"
+ select BUILD_BIN2C
---help---
kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a291b7ef4738..44f9ed3dae22 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -783,8 +783,13 @@ endchoice
endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"
+config BUILD_BIN2C
+ bool
+ default n
+
config IKCONFIG
tristate "Kernel .config support"
+ select BUILD_BIN2C
---help---
This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file
contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation
diff --git a/scripts/basic/Makefile b/scripts/basic/Makefile
index afbc1cd69ac5..ec10d9345bc2 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/basic/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
# fixdep: Used to generate dependency information during build process
hostprogs-y := fixdep
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_IKCONFIG) += bin2c
+hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C) += bin2c
always := $(hostprogs-y)
# fixdep is needed to compile other host programs