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-rw-r--r--Config.in5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index b49181732..3361e7381 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -466,7 +466,10 @@ config PIE
default n
depends on !STATIC
help
- (TODO: what is it and why/when is it useful?)
+ Hardened code option. PIE binaries are loaded at a different
+ address at each invocation. This has some overhead,
+ particularly on x86-32 which is short on registers.
+
Most people will leave this set to 'N'.
config NOMMU