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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
Michael Ellermanae0dc732008-06-24 11:32:32 +100060config CODE_PATCHING_SELFTEST
61 bool "Run self-tests of the code-patching code."
62 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
63 default n
64
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100065choice
66 prompt "Serial Port"
67 depends on KGDB
68 default KGDB_TTYS1
69
70config KGDB_TTYS0
71 bool "ttyS0"
72
73config KGDB_TTYS1
74 bool "ttyS1"
75
76config KGDB_TTYS2
77 bool "ttyS2"
78
79config KGDB_TTYS3
80 bool "ttyS3"
81
82endchoice
83
84config KGDB_CONSOLE
85 bool "Enable serial console thru kgdb port"
86 depends on KGDB && 8xx || CPM2
87 help
88 If you enable this, all serial console messages will be sent
89 over the gdb stub.
90 If unsure, say N.
91
92config XMON
93 bool "Include xmon kernel debugger"
Stephen Rothwellbbb68172006-11-30 11:44:09 +110094 depends on DEBUGGER
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100095 help
96 Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger.
97 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100098 Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise
99 nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the
100 framebuffer memory).
101 The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon
102 very early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon
103 debugger hooks. 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks
104 if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set.
Olaf Hering26c8af52006-09-08 16:29:21 +0200105 xmon will print a backtrace on the very first invocation.
106 'xmon=nobt' will disable this autobacktrace.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000107
108config XMON_DEFAULT
109 bool "Enable xmon by default"
110 depends on XMON
111 help
112 xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'.
113 Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime.
114
Michael Ellermane0426042006-11-23 00:46:45 +0100115config XMON_DISASSEMBLY
116 bool "Include disassembly support in xmon"
117 depends on XMON
118 default y
119 help
120 Include support for disassembling in xmon. You probably want
121 to say Y here, unless you're building for a memory-constrained
122 system.
123
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000124config IRQSTACKS
125 bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000126 help
127 If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks
128 for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid
129 overflowing the process kernel stacks.
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000130
Michael Ellerman60b332e2007-08-28 18:47:57 +1000131config VIRQ_DEBUG
132 bool "Expose hardware/virtual IRQ mapping via debugfs"
133 depends on DEBUG_FS && PPC_MERGE
134 help
135 This option will show the mapping relationship between hardware irq
136 numbers and virtual irq numbers. The mapping is exposed via debugfs
137 in the file powerpc/virq_mapping.
138
139 If you don't know what this means you don't need it.
140
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000141config BDI_SWITCH
142 bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000143 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000144 help
145 Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger.
146 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these
147 machines, say N here.
148
149config BOOTX_TEXT
150 bool "Support for early boot text console (BootX or OpenFirmware only)"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200151 depends on PPC_OF && PPC_MULTIPLATFORM
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000152 help
153 Say Y here to see progress messages from the boot firmware in text
154 mode. Requires either BootX or Open Firmware.
155
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000156config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
157 bool "Early debugging (dangerous)"
Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500158 # PPC_EARLY_DEBUG on 440 leaves AS=1 mappings above the TLB high water
159 # mark, which doesn't work with current 440 KVM.
160 depends on !KVM
Benjamin Herrenschmidt7ee17462007-12-11 14:48:24 +1100161 help
162 Say Y to enable some early debugging facilities that may be available
163 for your processor/board combination. Those facilities are hacks
164 intended to debug problems early during boot, this should not be
165 enabled in a production kernel.
166 Note that enabling this will also cause the kernel default log level
167 to be pushed to max automatically very early during boot
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000168
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100169choice
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000170 prompt "Early debugging console"
171 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100172 help
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000173 Use the selected console for early debugging. Careful, if you
174 enable debugging for the wrong type of machine your kernel
175 _will not boot_.
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100176
177config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_LPAR
178 bool "LPAR HV Console"
179 depends on PPC_PSERIES
180 help
181 Select this to enable early debugging for a machine with a HVC
182 console on vterm 0.
183
184config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_G5
185 bool "Apple G5"
186 depends on PPC_PMAC64
187 help
188 Select this to enable early debugging for Apple G5 machines.
189
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000190config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_PANEL
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100191 bool "RTAS Panel"
192 depends on PPC_RTAS
193 help
194 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS panel.
195
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000196config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_CONSOLE
197 bool "RTAS Console"
198 depends on PPC_RTAS
199 select UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
200 help
201 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS console.
202
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100203config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_MAPLE
204 bool "Maple real mode"
205 depends on PPC_MAPLE
206 help
207 Select this to enable early debugging for Maple.
208
209config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_ISERIES
210 bool "iSeries HV Console"
211 depends on PPC_ISERIES
212 help
213 Select this to enable early debugging for legacy iSeries. You need
214 to hit "Ctrl-x Ctrl-x" to see the messages on the console.
215
Olof Johansson39c870d2007-02-04 16:36:49 -0600216config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_PAS_REALMODE
217 bool "PA Semi real mode"
218 depends on PPC_PASEMI
219 help
220 Select this to enable early debugging for PA Semi.
221 Output will be on UART0.
222
Ishizaki Kouc347b792007-02-02 16:47:17 +0900223config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BEAT
224 bool "Beat HV Console"
225 depends on PPC_CELLEB
226 select PPC_UDBG_BEAT
227 help
228 Select this to enable early debugging for Celleb with Beat.
229
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000230config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
231 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 44x CPUs"
232 depends on 44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000233 help
234 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 44x chips via the
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100235 inbuilt serial port. If you enable this, ensure you set
236 PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW below to suit your target board.
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000237
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100238config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
239 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 40x CPUs"
240 depends on 40x
241 help
242 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 40x chips via the
243 inbuilt serial port. This works on chips with a 16550 compatible
244 UART. Xilinx chips with uartlite cannot use this option.
245
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500246config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
247 bool "Early serial debugging for Freescale CPM-based serial ports"
248 depends on SERIAL_CPM
249 select PIN_TLB if PPC_8xx
250 help
251 Select this to enable early debugging for Freescale chips
252 using a CPM-based serial port. This assumes that the bootwrapper
253 has run, and set up the CPM in a particular way.
254
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100255endchoice
256
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000257config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW
258 hex "Low 32 bits of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200259 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000260 default "0x40000200"
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100261 help
262 You probably want 0x40000200 for ebony boards and
263 0x40000300 for taishan
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000264
265config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSHIGH
266 hex "EPRN of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200267 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000268 default "0x1"
269
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100270config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x_PHYSADDR
271 hex "Early debug UART physical address"
272 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
273 default "0xef600300"
274
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500275config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM_ADDR
276 hex "CPM UART early debug transmit descriptor address"
277 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500278 default "0xfa202008" if PPC_EP88XC
Laurent Pinchartc2dd3522008-04-10 17:01:59 +0200279 default "0xf0001ff8" if CPM2
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500280 default "0xff002008" if CPM1
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500281 help
282 This specifies the address of the transmit descriptor
283 used for early debug output. Because it is needed before
284 platform probing is done, all platforms selected must
285 share the same address.
286
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000287endmenu