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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-08-20 12:39:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-08-20 12:39:18 +0200 |
| commit | 170465ee7f5a9a2d0ac71285507e52642e040353 (patch) | |
| tree | dbca81f04cde9e625170abbd6a72555cfbeb194e /lib/Kconfig.kgdb | |
| parent | 169ad16bb87c10a3f7c108bb7008ebc0270f617a (diff) | |
| parent | 1fca25427482387689fa27594c992a961d98768f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/xen
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.kgdb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb index 2cfd2721f7e..9b5d1d7f2ef 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb +++ b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb @@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_KGDB menuconfig KGDB bool "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb" - select FRAME_POINTER 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 |