Loading arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug +58 −3 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2,9 +2,42 @@ menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" 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 config KGDB bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger" bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) depends on DEBUGGER && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) select DEBUG_INFO select DEBUG_INFO help help Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level Loading Loading @@ -40,14 +73,36 @@ config KGDB_CONSOLE config XMON config XMON bool "Include xmon kernel debugger" bool "Include xmon kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUGGER && !PPC_ISERIES help help Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger. Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here. 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 config BDI_SWITCH bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher" bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32 help help Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger. Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these Loading Loading
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug +58 −3 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2,9 +2,42 @@ menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" 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 config KGDB bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger" bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) depends on DEBUGGER && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx) select DEBUG_INFO select DEBUG_INFO help help Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level Loading Loading @@ -40,14 +73,36 @@ config KGDB_CONSOLE config XMON config XMON bool "Include xmon kernel debugger" bool "Include xmon kernel debugger" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUGGER && !PPC_ISERIES help help Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger. Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here. 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 config BDI_SWITCH bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher" bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32 help help Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger. Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these Loading