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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index 15af6222f8a4..2183fcf41d59 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ config PROC_FS
config PROC_KCORE
bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
depends on PROC_FS && MMU
+ help
+ Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel. This can
+ be read with gdb and other ELF tools. No modifications can be
+ made using this mechanism.
config PROC_VMCORE
bool "/proc/vmcore support"