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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2menu "Kernel hacking"
3
4source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
5
6config GPROF
7 bool "Enable gprof support"
8 depends on DEBUG_INFO && FRAME_POINTER
9 help
10 This allows profiling of a User-Mode Linux kernel with the gprof
11 utility.
12
13 See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/gprof.html> for more
14 details.
15
16 If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gprof,
17 say Y. If you're unsure, say N.
18
19config GCOV
20 bool "Enable gcov support"
21 depends on DEBUG_INFO
22 help
23 This option allows developers to retrieve coverage data from a UML
24 session.
25
26 See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/gprof.html> for more
27 details.
28
29 If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gcov,
30 say Y. If you're unsure, say N.
31
32config EARLY_PRINTK
33 bool "Early printk"
34 default y
35 ---help---
36 Write kernel log output directly to stdout.
37
38 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
39 early before the console code is initialized.
40
41endmenu
1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2
3config GPROF
4 bool "Enable gprof support"
5 depends on DEBUG_INFO && FRAME_POINTER
6 help
7 This allows profiling of a User-Mode Linux kernel with the gprof
8 utility.
9
10 See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/gprof.html> for more
11 details.
12
13 If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gprof,
14 say Y. If you're unsure, say N.
15
16config GCOV
17 bool "Enable gcov support"
18 depends on DEBUG_INFO
19 depends on !KCOV
20 help
21 This option allows developers to retrieve coverage data from a UML
22 session.
23
24 See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/gprof.html> for more
25 details.
26
27 If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gcov,
28 say Y. If you're unsure, say N.
29
30config EARLY_PRINTK
31 bool "Early printk"
32 default y
33 ---help---
34 Write kernel log output directly to stdout.
35
36 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
37 early before the console code is initialized.