Loading arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug +58 −3 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2,9 +2,42 @@ menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW bool "Check for stack overflows" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64 help This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space drops below a certain limit. config KPROBES bool "Kprobes" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64 help Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing. If in doubt, say "N". config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64 help Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. This option will slow down process creation somewhat. config DEBUGGER bool "Enable debugger hooks" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL help Include in-kernel hooks for kernel debuggers. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here. config KGDB bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) depends on DEBUGGER && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) select DEBUG_INFO help Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level Loading Loading @@ -40,14 +73,36 @@ config KGDB_CONSOLE config XMON bool "Include xmon kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUGGER && !PPC_ISERIES help Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here. Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the framebuffer memory). The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon very early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon debugger hooks. 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set. config XMON_DEFAULT bool "Enable xmon by default" depends on XMON help xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'. Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime. config IRQSTACKS bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts" depends on PPC64 help If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid overflowing the process kernel stacks. config BDI_SWITCH bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32 help Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these Loading Loading
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug +58 −3 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2,9 +2,42 @@ menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW bool "Check for stack overflows" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64 help This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space drops below a certain limit. config KPROBES bool "Kprobes" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64 help Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing. If in doubt, say "N". config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64 help Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. This option will slow down process creation somewhat. config DEBUGGER bool "Enable debugger hooks" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL help Include in-kernel hooks for kernel debuggers. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here. config KGDB bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) depends on DEBUGGER && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) select DEBUG_INFO help Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level Loading Loading @@ -40,14 +73,36 @@ config KGDB_CONSOLE config XMON bool "Include xmon kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUGGER && !PPC_ISERIES help Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here. Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the framebuffer memory). The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon very early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon debugger hooks. 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set. config XMON_DEFAULT bool "Enable xmon by default" depends on XMON help xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'. Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime. config IRQSTACKS bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts" depends on PPC64 help If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid overflowing the process kernel stacks. config BDI_SWITCH bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32 help Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these Loading