From 26b80e8fe36510c8ec97ae07d9e16e53de32a4af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gilles Espinasse Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:54:37 +0100 Subject: Add the help text for 'position independent executable' code build Signed-off-by: Gilles Espinasse Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko --- Config.in | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Config.in') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3