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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
Rabin Vincent0e341af2010-11-06 23:03:53 +053026 default y if !ARM_UNWIND || FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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
Russell King4a50bfe2010-12-05 23:06:22 +000034 bool "Enable stack unwinding support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010035 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
Colin Crosse5e483d2011-08-11 17:15:24 -070066config DEBUG_RODATA
67 bool "Write protect kernel text section"
68 default n
69 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && MMU
70 ---help---
71 Mark the kernel text section as write-protected in the pagetables,
72 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
73 data. This will cause the size of the kernel, plus up to 4MB, to
74 be mapped as pages instead of sections, which will increase TLB
75 pressure.
76 If in doubt, say "N".
77
78config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
79 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
80 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
81 default n
82 ---help---
83 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
84 feature.
85 If in doubt, say "N"
86
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070087# These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty.
88config DEBUG_LL
Will Deacon4f5ef922011-09-01 19:04:44 +010089 bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions (read help!)"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070090 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
91 help
Russell King35efb602005-09-09 15:57:17 +010092 Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070093 in the kernel. This is helpful if you are debugging code that
94 executes before the console is initialized.
95
Will Deacon4f5ef922011-09-01 19:04:44 +010096 Note that selecting this option will limit the kernel to a single
97 UART definition, as specified below. Attempting to boot the kernel
98 image on a different platform *will not work*, so this option should
99 not be enabled for kernels that are intended to be portable.
100
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +0100101choice
102 prompt "Kernel low-level debugging port"
103 depends on DEBUG_LL
104
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD13079a72011-11-02 01:43:31 +0800105 config AT91_DEBUG_LL_DBGU0
106 bool "Kernel low-level debugging on rm9200, 9260/9g20, 9261/9g10 and 9rl"
107 depends on HAVE_AT91_DBGU0
108
109 config AT91_DEBUG_LL_DBGU1
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD9918cea2012-01-26 14:07:09 +0100110 bool "Kernel low-level debugging on 9263 and 9g45"
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD13079a72011-11-02 01:43:31 +0800111 depends on HAVE_AT91_DBGU1
112
Stephen Boyd164acf92011-09-22 20:28:35 +0100113 config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART1
114 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART1"
115 depends on ARCH_CLPS711X
116 help
117 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
118 their output to the first serial port on these devices.
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +0100119
120 config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART2
121 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART2"
122 depends on ARCH_CLPS711X
123 help
124 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
125 their output to the second serial port on these devices.
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +0100126
Russell Kinge76f4752011-11-23 17:44:05 +0000127 config DEBUG_DC21285_PORT
128 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge serial port"
129 depends on FOOTBRIDGE
130 help
131 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
132 their output to the serial port in the DC21285 (Footbridge).
133
134 config DEBUG_FOOTBRIDGE_COM1
135 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge 8250 at PCI COM1"
136 depends on FOOTBRIDGE
137 help
138 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
139 their output to the 8250 at PCI COM1.
140
Rob Herring220e6cf2011-06-07 10:02:55 -0500141 config DEBUG_HIGHBANK_UART
142 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via Highbank UART"
143 depends on ARCH_HIGHBANK
144 help
145 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
146 their output to the UART on Highbank based devices.
147
Shawn Guof350b862011-08-19 05:56:59 +0100148 config DEBUG_IMX1_UART
149 bool "i.MX1 Debug UART"
150 depends on SOC_IMX1
151 help
152 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
153 on i.MX1.
154
155 config DEBUG_IMX23_UART
156 bool "i.MX23 Debug UART"
157 depends on SOC_IMX23
158 help
159 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
160 on i.MX23.
161
162 config DEBUG_IMX25_UART
163 bool "i.MX25 Debug UART"
164 depends on SOC_IMX25
165 help
166 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
167 on i.MX25.
168
169 config DEBUG_IMX21_IMX27_UART
170 bool "i.MX21 and i.MX27 Debug UART"
171 depends on SOC_IMX21 || SOC_IMX27
172 help
173 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
174 on i.MX21 or i.MX27.
175
176 config DEBUG_IMX28_UART
177 bool "i.MX28 Debug UART"
178 depends on SOC_IMX28
179 help
180 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
181 on i.MX28.
182
183 config DEBUG_IMX31_IMX35_UART
184 bool "i.MX31 and i.MX35 Debug UART"
185 depends on SOC_IMX31 || SOC_IMX35
186 help
187 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
188 on i.MX31 or i.MX35.
189
190 config DEBUG_IMX51_UART
191 bool "i.MX51 Debug UART"
192 depends on SOC_IMX51
193 help
194 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
195 on i.MX51.
196
197 config DEBUG_IMX50_IMX53_UART
198 bool "i.MX50 and i.MX53 Debug UART"
199 depends on SOC_IMX50 || SOC_IMX53
200 help
201 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
202 on i.MX50 or i.MX53.
203
Dirk Behmecdaf29c2012-02-06 13:19:19 +0100204 config DEBUG_IMX6Q_UART4
205 bool "i.MX6Q Debug UART4"
Shawn Guobac89d72011-10-02 15:09:11 +0800206 depends on SOC_IMX6Q
207 help
208 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
Dirk Behmecdaf29c2012-02-06 13:19:19 +0100209 on i.MX6Q UART4.
Shawn Guobac89d72011-10-02 15:09:11 +0800210
Russell Kinge76f4752011-11-23 17:44:05 +0000211 config DEBUG_REALVIEW_STD_PORT
212 bool "RealView Default UART"
213 depends on ARCH_REALVIEW
214 help
215 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
216 their output to the serial port on RealView EB, PB11MP, PBA8
217 and PBX platforms.
218
219 config DEBUG_REALVIEW_PB1176_PORT
220 bool "RealView PB1176 UART"
221 depends on MACH_REALVIEW_PB1176
222 help
223 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
224 their output to the standard serial port on the RealView
225 PB1176 platform.
226
227 config DEBUG_S3C_UART0
228 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
229 bool "Use S3C UART 0 for low-level debug"
230 help
231 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
232 their output to UART 0. The port must have been initialised
233 by the boot-loader before use.
234
235 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
236 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
237
238 config DEBUG_S3C_UART1
239 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
240 bool "Use S3C UART 1 for low-level debug"
241 help
242 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
243 their output to UART 1. The port must have been initialised
244 by the boot-loader before use.
245
246 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
247 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
248
249 config DEBUG_S3C_UART2
250 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
251 bool "Use S3C UART 2 for low-level debug"
252 help
253 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
254 their output to UART 2. The port must have been initialised
255 by the boot-loader before use.
256
257 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
258 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
259
260 config DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
261 bool "No low-level debugging UART"
262 help
263 Say Y here if your platform doesn't provide a UART option
264 below. This relies on your platform choosing the right UART
265 definition internally in order for low-level debugging to
266 work.
267
Devin Kim139c3762012-06-22 13:06:15 -0700268 config DEBUG_LL_UART
269 bool "low-level debugging UART"
270 help
271 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to UART
272
Russell Kinge76f4752011-11-23 17:44:05 +0000273 config DEBUG_ICEDCC
274 bool "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC channel"
275 help
276 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
277 their output to the EmbeddedICE macrocell's DCC channel using
278 co-processor 14. This is known to work on the ARM9 style ICE
279 channel and on the XScale with the PEEDI.
280
281 Note that the system will appear to hang during boot if there
282 is nothing connected to read from the DCC.
283
Russell Kingb0df8982012-03-27 11:30:31 +0100284 config DEBUG_SEMIHOSTING
285 bool "Kernel low-level debug output via semihosting I"
286 help
287 Semihosting enables code running on an ARM target to use
288 the I/O facilities on a host debugger/emulator through a
289 simple SVC calls. The host debugger or emulator must have
290 semihosting enabled for the special svc call to be trapped
291 otherwise the kernel will crash.
292
293 This is known to work with OpenOCD, as wellas
294 ARM's Fast Models, or any other controlling environment
295 that implements semihosting.
296
297 For more details about semihosting, please see
298 chapter 8 of DUI0203I_rvct_developer_guide.pdf from ARM Ltd.
299
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +0100300endchoice
301
Catalin Marinas93fd03a2009-12-09 10:02:18 +0000302config EARLY_PRINTK
303 bool "Early printk"
304 depends on DEBUG_LL
305 help
306 Say Y here if you want to have an early console using the
307 kernel low-level debugging functions. Add earlyprintk to your
308 kernel parameters to enable this console.
309
Alexander Shishkinc5d6c772009-12-01 14:00:51 +0100310config OC_ETM
311 bool "On-chip ETM and ETB"
Arnd Bergmann53eebb02011-09-07 10:02:35 +0200312 depends on ARM_AMBA
Alexander Shishkinc5d6c772009-12-01 14:00:51 +0100313 help
314 Enables the on-chip embedded trace macrocell and embedded trace
315 buffer driver that will allow you to collect traces of the
316 kernel code.
317
Jon Medhurst4189bc72011-08-27 12:36:58 +0100318config ARM_KPROBES_TEST
319 tristate "Kprobes test module"
320 depends on KPROBES && MODULES
321 help
322 Perform tests of kprobes API and instruction set simulation.
323
Will Deacona7a6f922012-01-23 13:48:48 -0800324config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
325 bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register"
326 depends on CPU_COPY_V6
327 help
328 Enabling this option causes the kernel to write the current PID to
329 the PROCID field of the CONTEXTIDR register, at the expense of some
330 additional instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you
331 are planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel.
332
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700333endmenu