config HAVE_ARCH_KGDB bool 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. if KGDB config KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE tristate "KGDB: use kgdb over the serial console" select CONSOLE_POLL select MAGIC_SYSRQ default y help Share a serial console with kgdb. Sysrq-g must be used to break in initially. config KGDB_TESTS bool "KGDB: internal test suite" default n help This is a kgdb I/O module specifically designed to test kgdb's internal functions. This kgdb I/O module is intended to for the development of new kgdb stubs as well as regression testing the kgdb internals. See the drivers/misc/kgdbts.c for the details about the tests. The most basic of this I/O module is to boot a kernel boot arguments "kgdbwait kgdbts=V1F100" config KGDB_TESTS_ON_BOOT bool "KGDB: Run tests on boot" depends on KGDB_TESTS default n help Run the kgdb tests on boot up automatically without the need to pass in a kernel parameter config KGDB_TESTS_BOOT_STRING string "KGDB: which internal kgdb tests to run" depends on KGDB_TESTS_ON_BOOT default "V1F100" help This is the command string to send the kgdb test suite on boot. See the drivers/misc/kgdbts.c for detailed information about other strings you could use beyond the default of V1F100. endif # KGDB