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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
Benjamin Herrenschmidt88df6e92007-04-12 15:30:22 +100030config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
31 bool "Debug page memory allocations"
Rafael J. Wysockib0cb1a12007-07-29 23:24:36 +020032 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !HIBERNATION
Benjamin Herrenschmidt88df6e92007-04-12 15:30:22 +100033 help
34 Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
35 This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
36 of memory corruptions.
37
38
Mike Kravetz57852a82006-09-06 16:23:12 -070039config HCALL_STATS
40 bool "Hypervisor call instrumentation"
41 depends on PPC_PSERIES && DEBUG_FS
42 help
43 Adds code to keep track of the number of hypervisor calls made and
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +020044 the amount of time spent in hypervisor calls. Wall time spent in
Mike Kravetz57852a82006-09-06 16:23:12 -070045 each call is always calculated, and if available CPU cycles spent
46 are also calculated. A directory named hcall_inst is added at the
47 root of the debugfs filesystem. Within the hcall_inst directory
48 are files that contain CPU specific call statistics.
49
50 This option will add a small amount of overhead to all hypervisor
51 calls.
52
Michael Ellermanae0dc732008-06-24 11:32:32 +100053config CODE_PATCHING_SELFTEST
54 bool "Run self-tests of the code-patching code."
55 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
56 default n
57
Michael Ellerman362e7702008-06-24 11:33:03 +100058config FTR_FIXUP_SELFTEST
59 bool "Run self-tests of the feature-fixup code."
60 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
61 default n
62
Michael Ellerman7e302862008-08-06 09:10:01 +100063config MSI_BITMAP_SELFTEST
64 bool "Run self-tests of the MSI bitmap code."
65 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
66 default n
67
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100068config XMON
69 bool "Include xmon kernel debugger"
Jason Wessel17ce4522008-07-23 11:30:15 -050070 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +100071 help
72 Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger.
73 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100074 Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise
75 nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the
76 framebuffer memory).
77 The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon
78 very early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon
79 debugger hooks. 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks
80 if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set.
Olaf Hering26c8af52006-09-08 16:29:21 +020081 xmon will print a backtrace on the very first invocation.
82 'xmon=nobt' will disable this autobacktrace.
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +100083
84config XMON_DEFAULT
85 bool "Enable xmon by default"
86 depends on XMON
87 help
88 xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'.
89 Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime.
90
Michael Ellermane0426042006-11-23 00:46:45 +010091config XMON_DISASSEMBLY
92 bool "Include disassembly support in xmon"
93 depends on XMON
94 default y
95 help
96 Include support for disassembling in xmon. You probably want
97 to say Y here, unless you're building for a memory-constrained
98 system.
99
Jason Wessel17ce4522008-07-23 11:30:15 -0500100config DEBUGGER
101 bool
102 depends on KGDB || XMON
103 default y
104
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000105config IRQSTACKS
106 bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000107 help
108 If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks
109 for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid
110 overflowing the process kernel stacks.
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000111
Michael Ellerman60b332e2007-08-28 18:47:57 +1000112config VIRQ_DEBUG
113 bool "Expose hardware/virtual IRQ mapping via debugfs"
Kumar Gala9c4cb822008-08-02 02:44:11 +1000114 depends on DEBUG_FS
Michael Ellerman60b332e2007-08-28 18:47:57 +1000115 help
116 This option will show the mapping relationship between hardware irq
117 numbers and virtual irq numbers. The mapping is exposed via debugfs
118 in the file powerpc/virq_mapping.
119
120 If you don't know what this means you don't need it.
121
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000122config BDI_SWITCH
123 bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher"
Paul Mackerrasff642082005-10-10 22:15:52 +1000124 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000125 help
126 Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger.
127 Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these
128 machines, say N here.
129
130config BOOTX_TEXT
131 bool "Support for early boot text console (BootX or OpenFirmware only)"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200132 depends on PPC_OF && PPC_MULTIPLATFORM
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000133 help
134 Say Y here to see progress messages from the boot firmware in text
135 mode. Requires either BootX or Open Firmware.
136
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000137config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
138 bool "Early debugging (dangerous)"
Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500139 # PPC_EARLY_DEBUG on 440 leaves AS=1 mappings above the TLB high water
140 # mark, which doesn't work with current 440 KVM.
141 depends on !KVM
Benjamin Herrenschmidt7ee17462007-12-11 14:48:24 +1100142 help
143 Say Y to enable some early debugging facilities that may be available
144 for your processor/board combination. Those facilities are hacks
145 intended to debug problems early during boot, this should not be
146 enabled in a production kernel.
147 Note that enabling this will also cause the kernel default log level
148 to be pushed to max automatically very early during boot
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000149
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100150choice
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000151 prompt "Early debugging console"
152 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100153 help
Michael Ellerman485a2d52006-05-09 16:03:51 +1000154 Use the selected console for early debugging. Careful, if you
155 enable debugging for the wrong type of machine your kernel
156 _will not boot_.
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100157
158config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_LPAR
159 bool "LPAR HV Console"
160 depends on PPC_PSERIES
161 help
162 Select this to enable early debugging for a machine with a HVC
163 console on vterm 0.
164
165config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_G5
166 bool "Apple G5"
167 depends on PPC_PMAC64
168 help
169 Select this to enable early debugging for Apple G5 machines.
170
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000171config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_PANEL
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100172 bool "RTAS Panel"
173 depends on PPC_RTAS
174 help
175 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS panel.
176
Michael Ellermancc46bb92006-06-23 18:20:16 +1000177config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_RTAS_CONSOLE
178 bool "RTAS Console"
179 depends on PPC_RTAS
180 select UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
181 help
182 Select this to enable early debugging via the RTAS console.
183
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100184config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_MAPLE
185 bool "Maple real mode"
186 depends on PPC_MAPLE
187 help
188 Select this to enable early debugging for Maple.
189
190config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_ISERIES
191 bool "iSeries HV Console"
192 depends on PPC_ISERIES
193 help
194 Select this to enable early debugging for legacy iSeries. You need
195 to hit "Ctrl-x Ctrl-x" to see the messages on the console.
196
Olof Johansson39c870d2007-02-04 16:36:49 -0600197config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_PAS_REALMODE
198 bool "PA Semi real mode"
199 depends on PPC_PASEMI
200 help
201 Select this to enable early debugging for PA Semi.
202 Output will be on UART0.
203
Ishizaki Kouc347b792007-02-02 16:47:17 +0900204config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BEAT
205 bool "Beat HV Console"
206 depends on PPC_CELLEB
207 select PPC_UDBG_BEAT
208 help
209 Select this to enable early debugging for Celleb with Beat.
210
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000211config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
212 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 44x CPUs"
213 depends on 44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000214 help
215 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 44x chips via the
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100216 inbuilt serial port. If you enable this, ensure you set
217 PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW below to suit your target board.
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000218
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100219config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
220 bool "Early serial debugging for IBM/AMCC 40x CPUs"
221 depends on 40x
222 help
223 Select this to enable early debugging for IBM 40x chips via the
224 inbuilt serial port. This works on chips with a 16550 compatible
225 UART. Xilinx chips with uartlite cannot use this option.
226
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500227config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
228 bool "Early serial debugging for Freescale CPM-based serial ports"
229 depends on SERIAL_CPM
230 select PIN_TLB if PPC_8xx
231 help
232 Select this to enable early debugging for Freescale chips
233 using a CPM-based serial port. This assumes that the bootwrapper
234 has run, and set up the CPM in a particular way.
235
Michael Ellerman296167a2006-01-11 11:54:09 +1100236endchoice
237
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000238config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW
239 hex "Low 32 bits of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200240 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000241 default "0x40000200"
Hugh Blemings6bbc5472007-12-21 15:39:28 +1100242 help
243 You probably want 0x40000200 for ebony boards and
244 0x40000300 for taishan
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000245
246config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSHIGH
247 hex "EPRN of early debug UART physical address"
Adrian Bunk247537b2007-09-26 20:02:52 +0200248 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x
David Gibsond9b55a02007-05-08 12:59:31 +1000249 default "0x1"
250
Benjamin Herrenschmidt9dae8af2007-12-21 15:39:26 +1100251config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x_PHYSADDR
252 hex "Early debug UART physical address"
253 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_40x
254 default "0xef600300"
255
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500256config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM_ADDR
257 hex "CPM UART early debug transmit descriptor address"
258 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500259 default "0xfa202008" if PPC_EP88XC
Laurent Pinchartc2dd3522008-04-10 17:01:59 +0200260 default "0xf0001ff8" if CPM2
Scott Wood15f8c602007-09-28 14:06:16 -0500261 default "0xff002008" if CPM1
Scott Woodc374e002007-07-16 11:43:43 -0500262 help
263 This specifies the address of the transmit descriptor
264 used for early debug output. Because it is needed before
265 platform probing is done, all platforms selected must
266 share the same address.
267
Paul Mackerras14cf11a2005-09-26 16:04:21 +1000268endmenu