config GDBSTUB
bool "Remote GDB kernel debugging"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && DEPRECATED
select DEBUG_INFO
select FRAME_POINTER
help
RAM to avoid excessive linking time. This is only useful for kernel
hackers. If unsure, say N.
+ This is deprecated in favour of KGDB and will be removed in a later
+ version.
+
config GDBSTUB_IMMEDIATE
bool "Break into GDB stub immediately"
depends on GDBSTUB
possible, leaving the program counter at the beginning of
start_kernel() in init/main.c.
+config GDBSTUB_ALLOW_SINGLE_STEP
+ bool "Allow software single-stepping in GDB stub"
+ depends on GDBSTUB && !SMP && !PREEMPT
+ help
+ Allow GDB stub to perform software single-stepping through the
+ kernel. This doesn't work very well on SMP or preemptible kernels as
+ it uses temporary breakpoints to emulate single-stepping.
+
config GDB_CONSOLE
bool "Console output to GDB"
depends on GDBSTUB
default y
endmenu
+
+config KERNEL_DEBUGGER
+ def_bool y
+ depends on GDBSTUB || KGDB