diff options
| author | Russell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk> | 2008-08-07 09:55:03 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2008-08-07 09:55:03 +0100 |
| commit | 4fb8af10d0fd09372d52966b76922b9e82bbc950 (patch) | |
| tree | d240e4d40357583e3f3eb228dccf20122a5b31ed /lib/Kconfig.kgdb | |
| parent | f44f82e8a20b98558486eb14497b2f71c78fa325 (diff) | |
| parent | 64a99d2a8c3ed5c4e39f3ae1cc682aa8fd3977fc (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-fixes
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 |