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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
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010026 default y if !ARM_UNWIND
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
34 bool "Enable stack unwinding support"
35 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
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070066config DEBUG_ERRORS
67 bool "Verbose kernel error messages"
68 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
69 help
70 This option controls verbose debugging information which can be
71 printed when the kernel detects an internal error. This debugging
72 information is useful to kernel hackers when tracking down problems,
73 but mostly meaningless to other people. It's safe to say Y unless
74 you are concerned with the code size or don't want to see these
75 messages.
76
Sascha Hauerddf4e42c2007-07-24 18:37:01 +020077config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
78 bool "Enable stack utilization instrumentation"
79 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
80 help
81 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
82 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T output.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070083
84# These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty.
85config DEBUG_LL
86 bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions"
87 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
88 help
Russell King35efb602005-09-09 15:57:17 +010089 Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070090 in the kernel. This is helpful if you are debugging code that
91 executes before the console is initialized.
92
Catalin Marinas93fd03a2009-12-09 10:02:18 +000093config EARLY_PRINTK
94 bool "Early printk"
95 depends on DEBUG_LL
96 help
97 Say Y here if you want to have an early console using the
98 kernel low-level debugging functions. Add earlyprintk to your
99 kernel parameters to enable this console.
100
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700101config DEBUG_ICEDCC
102 bool "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC channel"
103 depends on DEBUG_LL
104 help
105 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
106 output to the EmbeddedICE macrocell's DCC channel using
107 co-processor 14. This is known to work on the ARM9 style ICE
Jean-Christop PLAGNIOL-VILLARDc633c3c2009-02-25 04:20:40 +0100108 channel and on the XScale with the PEEDI.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700109
110 It does include a timeout to ensure that the system does not
111 totally freeze when there is nothing connected to read.
112
Alexander Shishkinc5d6c772009-12-01 14:00:51 +0100113config OC_ETM
114 bool "On-chip ETM and ETB"
115 select ARM_AMBA
116 help
117 Enables the on-chip embedded trace macrocell and embedded trace
118 buffer driver that will allow you to collect traces of the
119 kernel code.
120
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700121config DEBUG_DC21285_PORT
122 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge serial port"
123 depends on DEBUG_LL && FOOTBRIDGE
124 help
125 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
126 output to the serial port in the DC21285 (Footbridge). Saying N
127 will cause the debug messages to appear on the first 16550
128 serial port.
129
130config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART2
131 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART2"
132 depends on DEBUG_LL && ARCH_CLPS711X
133 help
134 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their
135 output to the second serial port on these devices. Saying N will
136 cause the debug messages to appear on the first serial port.
137
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +0100138config DEBUG_S3C_UART
Ben Dooks89f1fa02010-01-29 09:02:17 +0000139 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +0100140 int "S3C UART to use for low-level debug"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700141 default "0"
142 help
Ben Dooks3ec20522007-07-22 16:12:04 +0100143 Choice for UART for kernel low-level using S3C UARTS,
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700144 should be between zero and two. The port must have been
Egry Gaborc41045a2006-06-04 21:22:11 +0100145 initialised by the boot-loader before use.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700146
147 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
Ben Dooksc7657842007-07-22 16:11:20 +0100148 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700149
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