kgdb: add documentation
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2menuconfig KGDB
3 bool "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb"
4 select FRAME_POINTER
5 depends on HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
6 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
7 help
8 If you say Y here, it will be possible to remotely debug the
9 kernel using gdb. Documentation of kernel debugger is available
10 at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net as well as in DocBook form
11 in Documentation/DocBook/. If unsure, say N.
12
13config HAVE_ARCH_KGDB_SHADOW_INFO
14 bool
15
16config HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
17 bool
18
19config KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE
20 tristate "KGDB: use kgdb over the serial console"
21 depends on KGDB
22 select CONSOLE_POLL
23 select MAGIC_SYSRQ
24 default y
25 help
26 Share a serial console with kgdb. Sysrq-g must be used
27 to break in initially.
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29config KGDB_TESTS
30 bool "KGDB: internal test suite"
31 depends on KGDB
32 default n
33 help
34 This is a kgdb I/O module specifically designed to test
35 kgdb's internal functions. This kgdb I/O module is
36 intended to for the development of new kgdb stubs
37 as well as regression testing the kgdb internals.
38 See the drivers/misc/kgdbts.c for the details about
39 the tests. The most basic of this I/O module is to boot
40 a kernel boot arguments "kgdbwait kgdbts=V1F100"