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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 2cfd2721f7ed..9b5d1d7f2ef7 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 |