From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
To: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: jason.wessel@windriver.com, akpm <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH -mm] kgdb: fix help text
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:05:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070918220533.36ce1107.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> (raw)
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Fix kgdb help text typos, grammar, config symbol names, and indentation.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
---
lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.23-rc6-mm1.orig/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc6-mm1/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ config KGDB_ARCH_HAS_SHADOW_INFO
config KGDB_CONSOLE
bool "KGDB: Console messages through gdb"
depends on KGDB
- help
- If you say Y here, console messages will appear through gdb.
- Other consoles such as tty or ttyS will continue to work as usual.
- Note, that if you use this in conjunction with KGDB_ETH, if the
- ethernet driver runs into an error condition during use with KGDB
- it is possible to hit an infinite recusrion, causing the kernel
- to crash, and typically reboot. For this reason, it is preferable
- to use NETCONSOLE in conjunction with KGDB_ETH instead of
- KGDB_CONSOLE.
+ help
+ If you say Y here, console messages will appear through gdb.
+ Other consoles such as tty or ttyS will continue to work as usual.
+ Note that if you use this in conjunction with KGDBOE, if the
+ ethernet driver runs into an error condition during use with KGDB,
+ it is possible to hit an infinite recursion, causing the kernel
+ to crash, and typically reboot. For this reason, it is preferable
+ to use NETCONSOLE in conjunction with KGDBOE instead of
+ KGDB_CONSOLE.
choice
prompt "Method for KGDB communication"
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config KGDB_TXX9
bool "KGDB: On TX49xx serial port"
depends on MIPS && CPU_TX49XX
help
- Uses TX49xx serial port to communicate with the host KGDB.
+ Uses TX49xx serial port to communicate with the host GDB.
config KGDB_SH_SCI
bool "KGDB: On SH SCI(F) serial port"
@@ -251,20 +251,18 @@ config KGDB_8250_CONF_STRING
depends on KGDB_8250_NOMODULE && !KGDB_SIMPLE_SERIAL
default "io,2f8,115200,3" if X86
help
- The format of this string should be <io or
- mmio>,<address>,<baud rate>,<irq>. For example, to use the
- serial port on an i386 box located at 0x2f8 and 115200 baud
- on IRQ 3 at use:
- io,2f8,115200,3
+ The format of this string should be <io or mmio>,
+ <address>,<baud rate>,<irq>. For example, on an i386 box,
+ to use the serial port located at 0x2f8, IRQ 3, at 115200 baud
+ use: io,2f8,115200,3
config KGDB_ATTACH_WAIT
bool "KGDB: Wait for debugger to attach on an unknown exception"
default y if KGDB_8250_NOMODULE
default n if !KGDB_8250_NOMODULE
- help
- If a panic occurs, or any kind of exception the kgdb will
- stop and wait for a debugger to attach. This sets the
- default behavior for waiting for the debugger to attach. This
- value can also be changed at runtime through
- /sys/module/kgdb/paramaters/attachwait
-
+ help
+ If a panic occurs, or any kind of exception, the kgdb will
+ stop and wait for a debugger to attach. This sets the
+ default behavior for waiting for the debugger to attach. This
+ value can also be changed at runtime through
+ /sys/module/kgdb/parameters/attachwait
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