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| author | Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> | 2008-08-01 08:39:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> | 2008-08-01 08:39:34 -0500 |
| commit | 5f5ddfb3605d2a4f555a7ff034859e623eafcd27 (patch) | |
| tree | f3a79d9f0ba631ed8d5e10560ab6cca2debe2f65 /lib | |
| parent | 94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24c (diff) | |
| download | lwn-5f5ddfb3605d2a4f555a7ff034859e623eafcd27.tar.gz lwn-5f5ddfb3605d2a4f555a7ff034859e623eafcd27.zip | |
kgdb: remove the requirement for CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
There is no technical reason that the kgdb core requires frame
pointers. It is up to the end user of KGDB to decide if they need
them or not.
[ anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp: removed frame pointers on mips ]
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -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 |