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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"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000121 help
122 If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks
123 for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid
124 overflowing the process kernel stacks.
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000125
Michael Ellerman60b332e2007-08-28 18:47:57 +1000126config VIRQ_DEBUG
127 bool "Expose hardware/virtual IRQ mapping via debugfs"
128 depends on DEBUG_FS && PPC_MERGE
129 help
130 This option will show the mapping relationship between hardware irq
131 numbers and virtual irq numbers. The mapping is exposed via debugfs
132 in the file powerpc/virq_mapping.
133
134 If you don't know what this means you don't need it.
135
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000136config BDI_SWITCH
137 bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000138 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000139 help
140 Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger.
141 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these
142 machines, say N here.
143
144config BOOTX_TEXT
145 bool "Support for early boot text console (BootX or OpenFirmware only)"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200146 depends on PPC_OF && PPC_MULTIPLATFORM
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000147 help
148 Say Y here to see progress messages from the boot firmware in text
149 mode. Requires either BootX or Open Firmware.
150
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000151config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
152 bool "Early debugging (dangerous)"
Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500153 # PPC_EARLY_DEBUG on 440 leaves AS=1 mappings above the TLB high water
154 # mark, which doesn't work with current 440 KVM.
155 depends on !KVM
Benjamin Herrenschmidt7ee17462007-12-11 14:48:24 +1100156 help
157 Say Y to enable some early debugging facilities that may be available
158 for your processor/board combination. Those facilities are hacks
159 intended to debug problems early during boot, this should not be
160 enabled in a production kernel.
161 Note that enabling this will also cause the kernel default log level
162 to be pushed to max automatically very early during boot
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000163
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100164choice
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000165 prompt "Early debugging console"
166 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100167 help
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000168 Use the selected console for early debugging. Careful, if you
169 enable debugging for the wrong type of machine your kernel
170 _will not boot_.
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100171
172config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_LPAR
173 bool "LPAR HV Console"
174 depends on PPC_PSERIES
175 help
176 Select this to enable early debugging for a machine with a HVC
177 console on vterm 0.
178
179config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_G5
180 bool "Apple G5"
181 depends on PPC_PMAC64
182 help
183 Select this to enable early debugging for Apple G5 machines.
184
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000185config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_PANEL
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100186 bool "RTAS Panel"
187 depends on PPC_RTAS
188 help
189 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS panel.
190
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000191config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_CONSOLE
192 bool "RTAS Console"
193 depends on PPC_RTAS
194 select UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
195 help
196 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS console.
197
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100198config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_MAPLE
199 bool "Maple real mode"
200 depends on PPC_MAPLE
201 help
202 Select this to enable early debugging for Maple.
203
204config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_ISERIES
205 bool "iSeries HV Console"
206 depends on PPC_ISERIES
207 help
208 Select this to enable early debugging for legacy iSeries. You need
209 to hit "Ctrl-x Ctrl-x" to see the messages on the console.
210
Olof Johansson39c870d2007-02-04 16:36:49 -0600211config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_PAS_REALMODE
212 bool "PA Semi real mode"
213 depends on PPC_PASEMI
214 help
215 Select this to enable early debugging for PA Semi.
216 Output will be on UART0.
217
Ishizaki Kouc347b792007-02-02 16:47:17 +0900218config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BEAT
219 bool "Beat HV Console"
220 depends on PPC_CELLEB
221 select PPC_UDBG_BEAT
222 help
223 Select this to enable early debugging for Celleb with Beat.
224
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000225config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
226 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 44x CPUs"
227 depends on 44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000228 help
229 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 44x chips via the
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100230 inbuilt serial port. If you enable this, ensure you set
231 PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW below to suit your target board.
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000232
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100233config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
234 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 40x CPUs"
235 depends on 40x
236 help
237 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 40x chips via the
238 inbuilt serial port. This works on chips with a 16550 compatible
239 UART. Xilinx chips with uartlite cannot use this option.
240
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500241config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
242 bool "Early serial debugging for Freescale CPM-based serial ports"
243 depends on SERIAL_CPM
244 select PIN_TLB if PPC_8xx
245 help
246 Select this to enable early debugging for Freescale chips
247 using a CPM-based serial port. This assumes that the bootwrapper
248 has run, and set up the CPM in a particular way.
249
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100250endchoice
251
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000252config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW
253 hex "Low 32 bits of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200254 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000255 default "0x40000200"
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100256 help
257 You probably want 0x40000200 for ebony boards and
258 0x40000300 for taishan
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000259
260config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSHIGH
261 hex "EPRN of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200262 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000263 default "0x1"
264
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100265config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x_PHYSADDR
266 hex "Early debug UART physical address"
267 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
268 default "0xef600300"
269
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500270config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM_ADDR
271 hex "CPM UART early debug transmit descriptor address"
272 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500273 default "0xfa202008" if PPC_EP88XC
Laurent Pinchartc2dd3522008-04-10 17:01:59 +0200274 default "0xf0001ff8" if CPM2
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500275 default "0xff002008" if CPM1
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500276 help
277 This specifies the address of the transmit descriptor
278 used for early debug output. Because it is needed before
279 platform probing is done, all platforms selected must
280 share the same address.
281
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000282endmenu