From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761435AbYHPEPk (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:15:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756007AbYHPEGV (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:06:21 -0400 Received: from 166-70-238-42.ip.xmission.com ([166.70.238.42]:33313 "EHLO ns1.wolfmountaingroup.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752645AbYHPEFq (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05:46 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:41:47 -0600 From: jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com Message-Id: <200808160341.m7G3flsl022577@wolfmountaingroup.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc3 27/28] mdb: debugger KConfig material Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org add debugger KConfig materials. Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey (jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com) --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug 2008-08-15 21:26:27.000000000 -0600 +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug 2008-08-15 15:41:57.000000000 -0600 @@ -134,6 +134,39 @@ Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and identify kernel problems. +config MDB + tristate "Merkey's Kernel Debugger" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + select KALLSYMS + select KALLSYMS_ALL + default m + help + Kernel Debugger for Linux written by Jeffrey Vernon + Merkey. The [Pause/Break] keystroke will activate the debugger + from the text based Linux Console, X is not supported. + This debugger is minimal and text based. Excellent help can + be obtained from the debugger by typing "Help Help" or + "help" from the debugger command console. If you compiled + MDB as a module you may need to load the debugger with + the 'modprobe mdb' before you can access the debugger + from the Linux Console. + +config MDB_CONSOLE_REDIRECTION + bool "MDB Console Redirection Support" + depends on MDB + default y + help + Reset any Console Redirection to default system settings (0) + when the MDB debugger is active. The Debugger will restore + the redirection to the custom settings when the debugger + is exited. This feature is useful on systems which by default + redirect printk output and the screen debugger output to a log + file or system device, which can prevent the debugger screen from + being visible. Enabling this feature does not affect or disable + remote operations via serial port. It is recommended to enable + this feature by default if intensive debugging is intended for + the target system. + config DEBUG_SHIRQ bool "Debug shared IRQ handlers" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && GENERIC_HARDIRQS