X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FKconfig.kgdb;h=43cb93fa2651263930ae6c0f8181cd43aa119052;hb=91803b499cca2fe558abad709ce83dc896b80950;hp=2cfd2721f7ed17f0e1e199082616c861bdd3c63e;hpb=68afab1cb31436fc9b256a5f44771fa58ed019e2;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb index 2cfd272..43cb93f 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb +++ b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb @@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_KGDB bool menuconfig KGDB - bool "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb" - select FRAME_POINTER + bool "KGDB: kernel debugger" depends on HAVE_ARCH_KGDB depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL help If you say Y here, it will be possible to remotely debug the - kernel using gdb. Documentation of kernel debugger is available - at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net as well as in DocBook form - in Documentation/DocBook/. If unsure, say N. + kernel using gdb. It is recommended but not required, that + you also turn on the kernel config option + CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER to aid in producing more reliable stack + backtraces in the external debugger. Documentation of + kernel debugger is available at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net + as well as in DocBook form in Documentation/DocBook/. If + unsure, say N. if KGDB @@ -54,4 +57,26 @@ config KGDB_TESTS_BOOT_STRING information about other strings you could use beyond the default of V1F100. +config KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP + bool "KGDB: Allow debugging with traps in notifiers" + depends on X86 || MIPS + default n + help + This will add an extra call back to kgdb for the breakpoint + exception handler on which will will allow kgdb to step + through a notify handler. + +config KGDB_KDB + bool "KGDB_KDB: include kdb frontend for kgdb" + default n + help + KDB frontend for kernel + +config KDB_KEYBOARD + bool "KGDB_KDB: keyboard as input device" + depends on VT && KGDB_KDB + default n + help + KDB can use a PS/2 type keyboard for an input device + endif # KGDB