Documentation: kgdboc: Document new kgdboc_earlycon parameter
authorDouglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Thu, 7 May 2020 20:08:47 +0000 (13:08 -0700)
committerDaniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Tue, 2 Jun 2020 14:15:45 +0000 (15:15 +0100)
commitf71fc3bc7b3279cb7d0ab78c1fcc78825779bb65
treec01a6cc8543c611e19dce93cdcc1d3a73a332f0f
parentb1350132fef7e1f0ddfd5a985d516a6ed7a329fc
Documentation: kgdboc: Document new kgdboc_earlycon parameter

The recent patch ("kgdboc: Add kgdboc_earlycon to support early kgdb
using boot consoles") adds a new kernel command line parameter.
Document it.

Note that the patch adding the feature does some comparing/contrasting
of "kgdboc_earlycon" vs. the existing "ekgdboc".  See that patch for
more details, but briefly "ekgdboc" can be used _instead_ of "kgdboc"
and just makes "kgdboc" do its normal initialization early (only works
if your tty driver is already ready).  The new "kgdboc_earlycon" works
in combination with "kgdboc" and is backed by boot consoles.

Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200507130644.v4.9.I7d5eb42c6180c831d47aef1af44d0b8be3fac559@changeid
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst