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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
4
Nicolas Pitre087aaff2010-09-22 18:34:36 -04005config STRICT_DEVMEM
6 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
7 depends on MMU
8 ---help---
9 If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
10 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
11 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
12 be used by people debugging the kernel.
13
14 If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
15 userspace access to memory mapped peripherals.
16
17 If in doubt, say Y.
18
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010019# RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070020# If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack
21# traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to
22# n, but then RMK will have to kill you ;).
23config FRAME_POINTER
24 bool
Catalin Marinas16c79652009-07-24 12:33:02 +010025 depends on !THUMB2_KERNEL
Rabin Vincent0e341af2010-11-06 23:03:53 +053026 default y if !ARM_UNWIND || FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070027 help
28 If you say N here, the resulting kernel will be slightly smaller and
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010029 faster. However, if neither FRAME_POINTER nor ARM_UNWIND are enabled,
30 when a problem occurs with the kernel, the information that is
31 reported is severely limited.
32
33config ARM_UNWIND
Russell King4a50bfe2010-12-05 23:06:22 +000034 bool "Enable stack unwinding support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010035 depends on AEABI && EXPERIMENTAL
36 default y
37 help
38 This option enables stack unwinding support in the kernel
39 using the information automatically generated by the
40 compiler. The resulting kernel image is slightly bigger but
41 the performance is not affected. Currently, this feature
42 only works with EABI compilers. If unsure say Y.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070043
Rabin Vincent09bfafa2010-08-10 19:32:37 +010044config OLD_MCOUNT
45 bool
46 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER && FRAME_POINTER
47 default y
48
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070049config DEBUG_USER
50 bool "Verbose user fault messages"
51 help
52 When a user program crashes due to an exception, the kernel can
53 print a brief message explaining what the problem was. This is
54 sometimes helpful for debugging but serves no purpose on a
55 production system. Most people should say N here.
56
57 In addition, you need to pass user_debug=N on the kernel command
58 line to enable this feature. N consists of the sum of:
59
60 1 - undefined instruction events
61 2 - system calls
62 4 - invalid data aborts
63 8 - SIGSEGV faults
64 16 - SIGBUS faults
65
Sascha Hauerddf4e42c2007-07-24 18:37:01 +020066config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
67 bool "Enable stack utilization instrumentation"
68 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
69 help
70 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
71 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T output.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070072
73# These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty.
74config DEBUG_LL
75 bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions"
76 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
77 help
Russell King35efb602005-09-09 15:57:17 +010078 Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070079 in the kernel. This is helpful if you are debugging code that
80 executes before the console is initialized.
81
Catalin Marinas93fd03a2009-12-09 10:02:18 +000082config EARLY_PRINTK
83 bool "Early printk"
84 depends on DEBUG_LL
85 help
86 Say Y here if you want to have an early console using the
87 kernel low-level debugging functions. Add earlyprintk to your
88 kernel parameters to enable this console.
89
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070090config DEBUG_ICEDCC
91 bool "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC channel"
92 depends on DEBUG_LL
93 help
94 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
95 output to the EmbeddedICE macrocell's DCC channel using
96 co-processor 14. This is known to work on the ARM9 style ICE
Jean-Christop PLAGNIOL-VILLARDc633c3c2009-02-25 04:20:40 +010097 channel and on the XScale with the PEEDI.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070098
99 It does include a timeout to ensure that the system does not
100 totally freeze when there is nothing connected to read.
101
Alexander Shishkinc5d6c772009-12-01 14:00:51 +0100102config OC_ETM
103 bool "On-chip ETM and ETB"
104 select ARM_AMBA
105 help
106 Enables the on-chip embedded trace macrocell and embedded trace
107 buffer driver that will allow you to collect traces of the
108 kernel code.
109
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700110config DEBUG_DC21285_PORT
111 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge serial port"
112 depends on DEBUG_LL && FOOTBRIDGE
113 help
114 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
115 output to the serial port in the DC21285 (Footbridge). Saying N
116 will cause the debug messages to appear on the first 16550
117 serial port.
118
119config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART2
120 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART2"
121 depends on DEBUG_LL && ARCH_CLPS711X
122 help
123 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
124 output to the second serial port on these devices. Saying N will
125 cause the debug messages to appear on the first serial port.
126
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +0100127config DEBUG_S3C_UART
Ben Dooks89f1fa02010-01-29 09:02:17 +0000128 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +0100129 int "S3C UART to use for low-level debug"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700130 default "0"
131 help
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +0100132 Choice for UART for kernel low-level using S3C UARTS,
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700133 should be between zero and two. The port must have been
Egry Gaborc41045a2006-06-04 21:22:11 +0100134 initialised by the boot-loader before use.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700135
136 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
Ben Dooksc7657842007-07-22 16:11:20 +0100137 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700138
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