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kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after
un-tarring.</para>
+ <!-- The following paragraph and sed should be only necessary on the 5.6
+ series, but check when 5.7 is out. -->
+ <para>When using <envar>CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y</envar>, and
+ compiling with GCC 10 and later, the default optimization is too
+ aggressive, and generates a kernel panic when booting. This can be
+ fixed with:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/cpu_startup/a asm("");' \
+ -i arch/x86/{kernel/smpboot.c,xen/smp_pv.c}</userinput></screen>
+
<!-- Support for compiling a keymap into the kernel is deliberately removed -->
<para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. For general