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Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +10001menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
4
Johannes Bergc4d04be2008-11-20 03:24:07 +00005config PRINT_STACK_DEPTH
6 int "Stack depth to print" if DEBUG_KERNEL
7 default 64
8 help
9 This option allows you to set the stack depth that the kernel
10 prints in stack traces. This can be useful if your display is
11 too small and stack traces cause important information to
12 scroll off the screen.
13
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100014config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
15 bool "Check for stack overflows"
Kumar Gala304df8f2007-01-30 00:45:56 -060016 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100017 help
18 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
19 drops below a certain limit.
20
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100021config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
22 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
Kumar Gala304df8f2007-01-30 00:45:56 -060023 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100024 help
25 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
26 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
27
28 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
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
Geert Uytterhoeven80947e72009-05-18 02:10:05 +000044config PPC_EMULATED_STATS
45 bool "Emulated instructions tracking"
46 depends on DEBUG_FS
47 help
48 Adds code to keep track of the number of instructions that are
49 emulated by the in-kernel emulator. Counters for the various classes
50 of emulated instructions are available under
51 powerpc/emulated_instructions/ in the root of the debugfs file
52 system. Optionally (controlled by
53 powerpc/emulated_instructions/do_warn in debugfs), rate-limited
54 warnings can be printed to the console when instructions are
55 emulated.
56
Michael Ellermanae0dc732008-06-24 11:32:32 +100057config CODE_PATCHING_SELFTEST
58 bool "Run self-tests of the code-patching code."
59 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
60 default n
61
Michael Ellerman362e7702008-06-24 11:33:03 +100062config FTR_FIXUP_SELFTEST
63 bool "Run self-tests of the feature-fixup code."
64 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
65 default n
66
Michael Ellerman7e302862008-08-06 09:10:01 +100067config MSI_BITMAP_SELFTEST
68 bool "Run self-tests of the MSI bitmap code."
69 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
70 default n
71
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100072config XMON
73 bool "Include xmon kernel debugger"
Jason Wessel17ce4522008-07-23 11:30:15 -050074 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100075 help
76 Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger.
77 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100078 Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise
79 nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the
80 framebuffer memory).
81 The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon
82 very early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon
83 debugger hooks. 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks
84 if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set.
Olaf Hering26c8af52006-09-08 16:29:21 +020085 xmon will print a backtrace on the very first invocation.
86 'xmon=nobt' will disable this autobacktrace.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100087
88config XMON_DEFAULT
89 bool "Enable xmon by default"
90 depends on XMON
91 help
92 xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'.
93 Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime.
94
Michael Ellermane0426042006-11-23 00:46:45 +010095config XMON_DISASSEMBLY
96 bool "Include disassembly support in xmon"
97 depends on XMON
98 default y
99 help
100 Include support for disassembling in xmon. You probably want
101 to say Y here, unless you're building for a memory-constrained
102 system.
103
Jason Wessel17ce4522008-07-23 11:30:15 -0500104config DEBUGGER
105 bool
106 depends on KGDB || XMON
107 default y
108
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000109config IRQSTACKS
110 bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000111 help
112 If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks
113 for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid
114 overflowing the process kernel stacks.
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000115
Michael Ellerman60b332e2007-08-28 18:47:57 +1000116config VIRQ_DEBUG
117 bool "Expose hardware/virtual IRQ mapping via debugfs"
Kumar Gala9c4cb822008-08-02 02:44:11 +1000118 depends on DEBUG_FS
Michael Ellerman60b332e2007-08-28 18:47:57 +1000119 help
120 This option will show the mapping relationship between hardware irq
121 numbers and virtual irq numbers. The mapping is exposed via debugfs
122 in the file powerpc/virq_mapping.
123
124 If you don't know what this means you don't need it.
125
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000126config BDI_SWITCH
127 bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000128 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000129 help
130 Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger.
131 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these
132 machines, say N here.
133
134config BOOTX_TEXT
135 bool "Support for early boot text console (BootX or OpenFirmware only)"
Benjamin Herrenschmidt28794d32009-03-10 17:53:27 +0000136 depends on PPC_OF && PPC_BOOK3S
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000137 help
138 Say Y here to see progress messages from the boot firmware in text
139 mode. Requires either BootX or Open Firmware.
140
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000141config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
142 bool "Early debugging (dangerous)"
Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500143 # PPC_EARLY_DEBUG on 440 leaves AS=1 mappings above the TLB high water
144 # mark, which doesn't work with current 440 KVM.
145 depends on !KVM
Benjamin Herrenschmidt7ee17462007-12-11 14:48:24 +1100146 help
147 Say Y to enable some early debugging facilities that may be available
148 for your processor/board combination. Those facilities are hacks
149 intended to debug problems early during boot, this should not be
150 enabled in a production kernel.
151 Note that enabling this will also cause the kernel default log level
152 to be pushed to max automatically very early during boot
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000153
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100154choice
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000155 prompt "Early debugging console"
156 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100157 help
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000158 Use the selected console for early debugging. Careful, if you
159 enable debugging for the wrong type of machine your kernel
160 _will not boot_.
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100161
162config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_LPAR
163 bool "LPAR HV Console"
164 depends on PPC_PSERIES
165 help
166 Select this to enable early debugging for a machine with a HVC
167 console on vterm 0.
168
169config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_G5
170 bool "Apple G5"
171 depends on PPC_PMAC64
172 help
173 Select this to enable early debugging for Apple G5 machines.
174
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000175config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_PANEL
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100176 bool "RTAS Panel"
177 depends on PPC_RTAS
178 help
179 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS panel.
180
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000181config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_CONSOLE
182 bool "RTAS Console"
183 depends on PPC_RTAS
184 select UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
185 help
186 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS console.
187
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100188config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_MAPLE
189 bool "Maple real mode"
190 depends on PPC_MAPLE
191 help
192 Select this to enable early debugging for Maple.
193
194config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_ISERIES
195 bool "iSeries HV Console"
196 depends on PPC_ISERIES
197 help
198 Select this to enable early debugging for legacy iSeries. You need
199 to hit "Ctrl-x Ctrl-x" to see the messages on the console.
200
Olof Johansson39c870d2007-02-04 16:36:49 -0600201config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_PAS_REALMODE
202 bool "PA Semi real mode"
203 depends on PPC_PASEMI
204 help
205 Select this to enable early debugging for PA Semi.
206 Output will be on UART0.
207
Ishizaki Kouc347b792007-02-02 16:47:17 +0900208config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BEAT
209 bool "Beat HV Console"
210 depends on PPC_CELLEB
211 select PPC_UDBG_BEAT
212 help
213 Select this to enable early debugging for Celleb with Beat.
214
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000215config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
216 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 44x CPUs"
217 depends on 44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000218 help
219 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 44x chips via the
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100220 inbuilt serial port. If you enable this, ensure you set
221 PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW below to suit your target board.
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000222
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100223config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
224 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 40x CPUs"
225 depends on 40x
226 help
227 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 40x chips via the
228 inbuilt serial port. This works on chips with a 16550 compatible
229 UART. Xilinx chips with uartlite cannot use this option.
230
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500231config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
232 bool "Early serial debugging for Freescale CPM-based serial ports"
233 depends on SERIAL_CPM
234 select PIN_TLB if PPC_8xx
235 help
236 Select this to enable early debugging for Freescale chips
237 using a CPM-based serial port. This assumes that the bootwrapper
238 has run, and set up the CPM in a particular way.
239
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100240endchoice
241
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000242config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW
243 hex "Low 32 bits of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200244 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000245 default "0x40000200"
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100246 help
247 You probably want 0x40000200 for ebony boards and
248 0x40000300 for taishan
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000249
250config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSHIGH
251 hex "EPRN of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200252 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000253 default "0x1"
254
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100255config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x_PHYSADDR
256 hex "Early debug UART physical address"
257 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
258 default "0xef600300"
259
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500260config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM_ADDR
261 hex "CPM UART early debug transmit descriptor address"
262 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500263 default "0xfa202008" if PPC_EP88XC
Laurent Pinchartc2dd3522008-04-10 17:01:59 +0200264 default "0xf0001ff8" if CPM2
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500265 default "0xff002008" if CPM1
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500266 help
267 This specifies the address of the transmit descriptor
268 used for early debug output. Because it is needed before
269 platform probing is done, all platforms selected must
270 share the same address.
271
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000272endmenu