Add the help text for 'position independent executable' code build
Signed-off-by: Gilles Espinasse <g.esp@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index b491817..3361e73 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -466,7 +466,10 @@
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