| menu "Kernel hacking" | |
| source "lib/Kconfig.debug" | |
| config STRICT_DEVMEM | |
| bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" | |
| depends on MMU | |
| ---help--- | |
| If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all | |
| of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental | |
| access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can | |
| be used by people debugging the kernel. | |
| If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows | |
| userspace access to memory mapped peripherals. | |
| If in doubt, say Y. | |
| # RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding. | |
| # If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack | |
| # traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to | |
| # n, but then RMK will have to kill you ;). | |
| config FRAME_POINTER | |
| bool | |
| depends on !THUMB2_KERNEL | |
| default y if !ARM_UNWIND || FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER | |
| help | |
| If you say N here, the resulting kernel will be slightly smaller and | |
| faster. However, if neither FRAME_POINTER nor ARM_UNWIND are enabled, | |
| when a problem occurs with the kernel, the information that is | |
| reported is severely limited. | |
| config ARM_UNWIND | |
| bool "Enable stack unwinding support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | |
| depends on AEABI && EXPERIMENTAL | |
| default y | |
| help | |
| This option enables stack unwinding support in the kernel | |
| using the information automatically generated by the | |
| compiler. The resulting kernel image is slightly bigger but | |
| the performance is not affected. Currently, this feature | |
| only works with EABI compilers. If unsure say Y. | |
| config OLD_MCOUNT | |
| bool | |
| depends on FUNCTION_TRACER && FRAME_POINTER | |
| default y | |
| config DEBUG_USER | |
| bool "Verbose user fault messages" | |
| help | |
| When a user program crashes due to an exception, the kernel can | |
| print a brief message explaining what the problem was. This is | |
| sometimes helpful for debugging but serves no purpose on a | |
| production system. Most people should say N here. | |
| In addition, you need to pass user_debug=N on the kernel command | |
| line to enable this feature. N consists of the sum of: | |
| 1 - undefined instruction events | |
| 2 - system calls | |
| 4 - invalid data aborts | |
| 8 - SIGSEGV faults | |
| 16 - SIGBUS faults | |
| # These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty. | |
| config DEBUG_LL | |
| bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions" | |
| depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
| help | |
| Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex | |
| in the kernel. This is helpful if you are debugging code that | |
| executes before the console is initialized. | |
| config EARLY_PRINTK | |
| bool "Early printk" | |
| depends on DEBUG_LL | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you want to have an early console using the | |
| kernel low-level debugging functions. Add earlyprintk to your | |
| kernel parameters to enable this console. | |
| config DEBUG_ICEDCC | |
| bool "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC channel" | |
| depends on DEBUG_LL | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their | |
| output to the EmbeddedICE macrocell's DCC channel using | |
| co-processor 14. This is known to work on the ARM9 style ICE | |
| channel and on the XScale with the PEEDI. | |
| It does include a timeout to ensure that the system does not | |
| totally freeze when there is nothing connected to read. | |
| config OC_ETM | |
| bool "On-chip ETM and ETB" | |
| select ARM_AMBA | |
| help | |
| Enables the on-chip embedded trace macrocell and embedded trace | |
| buffer driver that will allow you to collect traces of the | |
| kernel code. | |
| config DEBUG_DC21285_PORT | |
| bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge serial port" | |
| depends on DEBUG_LL && FOOTBRIDGE | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their | |
| output to the serial port in the DC21285 (Footbridge). Saying N | |
| will cause the debug messages to appear on the first 16550 | |
| serial port. | |
| config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART2 | |
| bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART2" | |
| depends on DEBUG_LL && ARCH_CLPS711X | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their | |
| output to the second serial port on these devices. Saying N will | |
| cause the debug messages to appear on the first serial port. | |
| config DEBUG_S3C_UART | |
| depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG | |
| int "S3C UART to use for low-level debug" | |
| default "0" | |
| help | |
| Choice for UART for kernel low-level using S3C UARTS, | |
| should be between zero and two. The port must have been | |
| initialised by the boot-loader before use. | |
| The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled | |
| by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT. | |
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