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1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
4 bool
5 default y
6
7source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
8
9config EARLY_PRINTK
10 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
11 depends on SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
12 default y
13 help
14 This option enables special console drivers which allow the kernel
15 to print messages very early in the bootup process.
16
17 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
18 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation,
19 it is not recommended because it looks ugly on some machines and
20 doesn't cooperate with an X server. You should normally say N here,
21 unless you want to debug such a crash.
22
23config CMDLINE_BOOL
24 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
25 default n
26 help
27 For most systems, it is firmware or second stage bootloader that
28 by default specifies the kernel command line options. However,
29 it might be necessary or advantageous to either override the
30 default kernel command line or add a few extra options to it.
31 For such cases, this option allows you to hardcode your own
32 command line options directly into the kernel. For that, you
33 should choose 'Y' here, and fill in the extra boot arguments
34 in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
35
36 The built-in options will be concatenated to the default command
37 line if CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is set to 'N'. Otherwise, the default
38 command line will be ignored and replaced by the built-in string.
39
40 Most MIPS systems will normally expect 'N' here and rely upon
41 the command line from the firmware or the second-stage bootloader.
42
43config CMDLINE
44 string "Default kernel command string"
45 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
46 default ""
47 help
48 On some platforms, there is currently no way for the boot loader to
49 pass arguments to the kernel. For these platforms, and for the cases
50 when you want to add some extra options to the command line or ignore
51 the default command line, you can supply some command-line options at
52 build time by entering them here. In other cases you can specify
53 kernel args so that you don't have to set them up in board prom
54 initialization routines.
55
56 For more information, see the CMDLINE_BOOL and CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
57 options.
58
59config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
60 bool "Built-in command line overrides firware arguments"
61 default n
62 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
63 help
64 By setting this option to 'Y' you will have your kernel ignore
65 command line arguments from firmware or second stage bootloader.
66 Instead, the built-in command line will be used exclusively.
67
68 Normally, you will choose 'N' here.
69
70config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
71 bool "Check for stack overflows"
72 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
73 help
74 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
75 drops below a certain limit(2GB on MIPS). The debugging option
76 provides another way to check stack overflow happened on kernel mode
77 stack usually caused by nested interruption.
78
79config SMTC_IDLE_HOOK_DEBUG
80 bool "Enable additional debug checks before going into CPU idle loop"
81 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && MIPS_MT_SMTC
82 help
83 This option enables Enable additional debug checks before going into
84 CPU idle loop. For details on these checks, see
85 arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c. This debugging option result in significant
86 overhead so should be disabled in production kernels.
87
88config SB1XXX_CORELIS
89 bool "Corelis Debugger"
90 depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC
91 select DEBUG_INFO
92 help
93 Select compile flags that produce code that can be processed by the
94 Corelis mksym utility and UDB Emulator.
95
96config RUNTIME_DEBUG
97 bool "Enable run-time debugging"
98 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
99 help
100 If you say Y here, some debugging macros will do run-time checking.
101 If you say N here, those macros will mostly turn to no-ops. See
102 arch/mips/include/asm/debug.h for debugging macros.
103 If unsure, say N.
104
105config DEBUG_ZBOOT
106 bool "Enable compressed kernel support debugging"
107 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
108 default n
109 help
110 If you want to add compressed kernel support to a new board, and the
111 board supports uart16550 compatible serial port, please select
112 SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550 for your board and enable this option to
113 debug it.
114
115 If your board doesn't support uart16550 compatible serial port, you
116 can try to select SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT and use the other methods to
117 debug it. for example, add a new serial port support just as
118 arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-16550.c does.
119
120 After the compressed kernel support works, please disable this option
121 to reduce the kernel image size and speed up the booting procedure a
122 little.
123
124config SPINLOCK_TEST
125 bool "Enable spinlock timing tests in debugfs"
126 depends on DEBUG_FS
127 default n
128 help
129 Add several files to the debugfs to test spinlock speed.
130
131endmenu
1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
4 bool
5 default y
6
7source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
8
9config EARLY_PRINTK
10 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
11 depends on SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
12 default y
13 help
14 This option enables special console drivers which allow the kernel
15 to print messages very early in the bootup process.
16
17 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
18 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation,
19 it is not recommended because it looks ugly on some machines and
20 doesn't cooperate with an X server. You should normally say N here,
21 unless you want to debug such a crash.
22
23config EARLY_PRINTK_8250
24 bool
25 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && USE_GENERIC_EARLY_PRINTK_8250
26 default y
27 help
28 "8250/16550 and compatible serial early printk driver"
29 If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a 8250/16550 serial
30 port as the boot console.
31
32config USE_GENERIC_EARLY_PRINTK_8250
33 bool
34
35config CMDLINE_BOOL
36 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
37 default n
38 help
39 For most systems, it is firmware or second stage bootloader that
40 by default specifies the kernel command line options. However,
41 it might be necessary or advantageous to either override the
42 default kernel command line or add a few extra options to it.
43 For such cases, this option allows you to hardcode your own
44 command line options directly into the kernel. For that, you
45 should choose 'Y' here, and fill in the extra boot arguments
46 in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
47
48 The built-in options will be concatenated to the default command
49 line if CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is set to 'N'. Otherwise, the default
50 command line will be ignored and replaced by the built-in string.
51
52 Most MIPS systems will normally expect 'N' here and rely upon
53 the command line from the firmware or the second-stage bootloader.
54
55config CMDLINE
56 string "Default kernel command string"
57 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
58 default ""
59 help
60 On some platforms, there is currently no way for the boot loader to
61 pass arguments to the kernel. For these platforms, and for the cases
62 when you want to add some extra options to the command line or ignore
63 the default command line, you can supply some command-line options at
64 build time by entering them here. In other cases you can specify
65 kernel args so that you don't have to set them up in board prom
66 initialization routines.
67
68 For more information, see the CMDLINE_BOOL and CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
69 options.
70
71config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
72 bool "Built-in command line overrides firmware arguments"
73 default n
74 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
75 help
76 By setting this option to 'Y' you will have your kernel ignore
77 command line arguments from firmware or second stage bootloader.
78 Instead, the built-in command line will be used exclusively.
79
80 Normally, you will choose 'N' here.
81
82config SMTC_IDLE_HOOK_DEBUG
83 bool "Enable additional debug checks before going into CPU idle loop"
84 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && MIPS_MT_SMTC
85 help
86 This option enables Enable additional debug checks before going into
87 CPU idle loop. For details on these checks, see
88 arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c. This debugging option result in significant
89 overhead so should be disabled in production kernels.
90
91config SB1XXX_CORELIS
92 bool "Corelis Debugger"
93 depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC
94 select DEBUG_INFO
95 help
96 Select compile flags that produce code that can be processed by the
97 Corelis mksym utility and UDB Emulator.
98
99config RUNTIME_DEBUG
100 bool "Enable run-time debugging"
101 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
102 help
103 If you say Y here, some debugging macros will do run-time checking.
104 If you say N here, those macros will mostly turn to no-ops. See
105 arch/mips/include/asm/debug.h for debugging macros.
106 If unsure, say N.
107
108config DEBUG_ZBOOT
109 bool "Enable compressed kernel support debugging"
110 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
111 default n
112 help
113 If you want to add compressed kernel support to a new board, and the
114 board supports uart16550 compatible serial port, please select
115 SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550 for your board and enable this option to
116 debug it.
117
118 If your board doesn't support uart16550 compatible serial port, you
119 can try to select SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT and use the other methods to
120 debug it. for example, add a new serial port support just as
121 arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-16550.c does.
122
123 After the compressed kernel support works, please disable this option
124 to reduce the kernel image size and speed up the booting procedure a
125 little.
126
127config SPINLOCK_TEST
128 bool "Enable spinlock timing tests in debugfs"
129 depends on DEBUG_FS
130 default n
131 help
132 Add several files to the debugfs to test spinlock speed.
133
134endmenu