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Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +10001menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
4
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +10005config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
6 bool "Check for stack overflows"
Kumar Gala304df8f2007-01-30 00:45:56 -06007 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +10008 help
9 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
10 drops below a certain limit.
11
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100012config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
13 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
Kumar Gala304df8f2007-01-30 00:45:56 -060014 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100015 help
16 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
17 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
18
19 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
20
Benjamin Herrenschmidt88df6e92007-04-12 15:30:22 +100021config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
22 bool "Debug page memory allocations"
Rafael J. Wysockib0cb1a12007-07-29 23:24:36 +020023 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !HIBERNATION
Benjamin Herrenschmidt88df6e92007-04-12 15:30:22 +100024 help
25 Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
26 This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
27 of memory corruptions.
28
29
Mike Kravetz57852a82006-09-06 16:23:12 -070030config HCALL_STATS
31 bool "Hypervisor call instrumentation"
32 depends on PPC_PSERIES && DEBUG_FS
33 help
34 Adds code to keep track of the number of hypervisor calls made and
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +020035 the amount of time spent in hypervisor calls. Wall time spent in
Mike Kravetz57852a82006-09-06 16:23:12 -070036 each call is always calculated, and if available CPU cycles spent
37 are also calculated. A directory named hcall_inst is added at the
38 root of the debugfs filesystem. Within the hcall_inst directory
39 are files that contain CPU specific call statistics.
40
41 This option will add a small amount of overhead to all hypervisor
42 calls.
43
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100044config DEBUGGER
45 bool "Enable debugger hooks"
46 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
47 help
48 Include in-kernel hooks for kernel debuggers. Unless you are
49 intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
50
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100051config KGDB
52 bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100053 depends on DEBUGGER && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx)
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100054 select DEBUG_INFO
55 help
56 Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level
57 debugger. See <http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/> for more information.
58 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
59
60choice
61 prompt "Serial Port"
62 depends on KGDB
63 default KGDB_TTYS1
64
65config KGDB_TTYS0
66 bool "ttyS0"
67
68config KGDB_TTYS1
69 bool "ttyS1"
70
71config KGDB_TTYS2
72 bool "ttyS2"
73
74config KGDB_TTYS3
75 bool "ttyS3"
76
77endchoice
78
79config KGDB_CONSOLE
80 bool "Enable serial console thru kgdb port"
81 depends on KGDB && 8xx || CPM2
82 help
83 If you enable this, all serial console messages will be sent
84 over the gdb stub.
85 If unsure, say N.
86
87config XMON
88 bool "Include xmon kernel debugger"
Stephen Rothwellbbb68172006-11-30 11:44:09 +110089 depends on DEBUGGER
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100090 help
91 Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger.
92 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100093 Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise
94 nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the
95 framebuffer memory).
96 The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon
97 very early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon
98 debugger hooks. 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks
99 if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set.
Olaf Hering26c8af52006-09-08 16:29:21 +0200100 xmon will print a backtrace on the very first invocation.
101 'xmon=nobt' will disable this autobacktrace.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000102
103config XMON_DEFAULT
104 bool "Enable xmon by default"
105 depends on XMON
106 help
107 xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'.
108 Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime.
109
Michael Ellermane0426042006-11-23 00:46:45 +0100110config XMON_DISASSEMBLY
111 bool "Include disassembly support in xmon"
112 depends on XMON
113 default y
114 help
115 Include support for disassembling in xmon. You probably want
116 to say Y here, unless you're building for a memory-constrained
117 system.
118
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000119config IRQSTACKS
120 bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts"
121 depends on PPC64
122 help
123 If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks
124 for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid
125 overflowing the process kernel stacks.
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000126
Michael Ellerman60b332e2007-08-28 18:47:57 +1000127config VIRQ_DEBUG
128 bool "Expose hardware/virtual IRQ mapping via debugfs"
129 depends on DEBUG_FS && PPC_MERGE
130 help
131 This option will show the mapping relationship between hardware irq
132 numbers and virtual irq numbers. The mapping is exposed via debugfs
133 in the file powerpc/virq_mapping.
134
135 If you don't know what this means you don't need it.
136
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000137config BDI_SWITCH
138 bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000139 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000140 help
141 Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger.
142 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these
143 machines, say N here.
144
145config BOOTX_TEXT
146 bool "Support for early boot text console (BootX or OpenFirmware only)"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200147 depends on PPC_OF && PPC_MULTIPLATFORM
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000148 help
149 Say Y here to see progress messages from the boot firmware in text
150 mode. Requires either BootX or Open Firmware.
151
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000152config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
153 bool "Early debugging (dangerous)"
154
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100155choice
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000156 prompt "Early debugging console"
157 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100158 help
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000159 Use the selected console for early debugging. Careful, if you
160 enable debugging for the wrong type of machine your kernel
161 _will not boot_.
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100162
163config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_LPAR
164 bool "LPAR HV Console"
165 depends on PPC_PSERIES
166 help
167 Select this to enable early debugging for a machine with a HVC
168 console on vterm 0.
169
170config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_G5
171 bool "Apple G5"
172 depends on PPC_PMAC64
173 help
174 Select this to enable early debugging for Apple G5 machines.
175
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000176config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_PANEL
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100177 bool "RTAS Panel"
178 depends on PPC_RTAS
179 help
180 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS panel.
181
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000182config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_CONSOLE
183 bool "RTAS Console"
184 depends on PPC_RTAS
185 select UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
186 help
187 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS console.
188
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100189config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_MAPLE
190 bool "Maple real mode"
191 depends on PPC_MAPLE
192 help
193 Select this to enable early debugging for Maple.
194
195config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_ISERIES
196 bool "iSeries HV Console"
197 depends on PPC_ISERIES
198 help
199 Select this to enable early debugging for legacy iSeries. You need
200 to hit "Ctrl-x Ctrl-x" to see the messages on the console.
201
Olof Johansson39c870d2007-02-04 16:36:49 -0600202config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_PAS_REALMODE
203 bool "PA Semi real mode"
204 depends on PPC_PASEMI
205 help
206 Select this to enable early debugging for PA Semi.
207 Output will be on UART0.
208
Ishizaki Kouc347b792007-02-02 16:47:17 +0900209config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BEAT
210 bool "Beat HV Console"
211 depends on PPC_CELLEB
212 select PPC_UDBG_BEAT
213 help
214 Select this to enable early debugging for Celleb with Beat.
215
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000216config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
217 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 44x CPUs"
218 depends on 44x
219 select PPC_UDBG_16550
220 help
221 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 44x chips via the
222 inbuilt serial port.
223
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500224config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
225 bool "Early serial debugging for Freescale CPM-based serial ports"
226 depends on SERIAL_CPM
227 select PIN_TLB if PPC_8xx
228 help
229 Select this to enable early debugging for Freescale chips
230 using a CPM-based serial port. This assumes that the bootwrapper
231 has run, and set up the CPM in a particular way.
232
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100233endchoice
234
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000235config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW
236 hex "Low 32 bits of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200237 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000238 default "0x40000200"
239
240config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSHIGH
241 hex "EPRN of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200242 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000243 default "0x1"
244
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500245config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM_ADDR
246 hex "CPM UART early debug transmit descriptor address"
247 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500248 default "0xfa202008" if PPC_EP88XC
249 default "0xf0000008" if CPM2
250 default "0xff002008" if CPM1
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500251 help
252 This specifies the address of the transmit descriptor
253 used for early debug output. Because it is needed before
254 platform probing is done, all platforms selected must
255 share the same address.
256
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000257endmenu