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>
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Gilles Espinasse 2011-02-13 22:54:37 +01:00 committed by Denys Vlasenko
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@ -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