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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001menu "Kernel hacking"
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3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
4
5# RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers so hardwire this to y.
6# If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack
7# traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to
8# n, but then RMK will have to kill you ;).
9config FRAME_POINTER
10 bool
11 default y
12 help
13 If you say N here, the resulting kernel will be slightly smaller and
14 faster. However, when a problem occurs with the kernel, the
15 information that is reported is severely limited. Most people
16 should say Y here.
17
18config DEBUG_USER
19 bool "Verbose user fault messages"
20 help
21 When a user program crashes due to an exception, the kernel can
22 print a brief message explaining what the problem was. This is
23 sometimes helpful for debugging but serves no purpose on a
24 production system. Most people should say N here.
25
26 In addition, you need to pass user_debug=N on the kernel command
27 line to enable this feature. N consists of the sum of:
28
29 1 - undefined instruction events
30 2 - system calls
31 4 - invalid data aborts
32 8 - SIGSEGV faults
33 16 - SIGBUS faults
34
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070035config DEBUG_ERRORS
36 bool "Verbose kernel error messages"
37 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
38 help
39 This option controls verbose debugging information which can be
40 printed when the kernel detects an internal error. This debugging
41 information is useful to kernel hackers when tracking down problems,
42 but mostly meaningless to other people. It's safe to say Y unless
43 you are concerned with the code size or don't want to see these
44 messages.
45
Sascha Hauerddf4e42c2007-07-24 18:37:01 +020046config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
47 bool "Enable stack utilization instrumentation"
48 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
49 help
50 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
51 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T output.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070052
53# These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty.
54config DEBUG_LL
55 bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions"
56 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
57 help
Russell King35efb602005-09-09 15:57:17 +010058 Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070059 in the kernel. This is helpful if you are debugging code that
60 executes before the console is initialized.
61
62config DEBUG_ICEDCC
63 bool "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC channel"
64 depends on DEBUG_LL
65 help
66 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
67 output to the EmbeddedICE macrocell's DCC channel using
68 co-processor 14. This is known to work on the ARM9 style ICE
69 channel.
70
71 It does include a timeout to ensure that the system does not
72 totally freeze when there is nothing connected to read.
73
74config DEBUG_DC21285_PORT
75 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge serial port"
76 depends on DEBUG_LL && FOOTBRIDGE
77 help
78 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
79 output to the serial port in the DC21285 (Footbridge). Saying N
80 will cause the debug messages to appear on the first 16550
81 serial port.
82
83config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART2
84 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART2"
85 depends on DEBUG_LL && ARCH_CLPS711X
86 help
87 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
88 output to the second serial port on these devices. Saying N will
89 cause the debug messages to appear on the first serial port.
90
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +010091config DEBUG_S3C_PORT
92 depends on DEBUG_LL && PLAT_S3C
93 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via S3C UART"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070094 help
95 Say Y here if you want debug print routines to go to one of the
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +010096 S3C internal UARTs. The chosen UART must have been configured
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070097 before it is used.
98
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +010099config DEBUG_S3C_UART
100 depends on PLAT_S3C
101 int "S3C UART to use for low-level debug"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700102 default "0"
103 help
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +0100104 Choice for UART for kernel low-level using S3C UARTS,
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700105 should be between zero and two. The port must have been
Egry Gaborc41045a2006-06-04 21:22:11 +0100106 initialised by the boot-loader before use.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700107
108 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
Ben Dooksc7657842007-07-22 16:11:20 +0100109 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
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