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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/Kconfig.debug | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug index a03b5a7059e2..e968a52e4881 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug @@ -356,15 +356,15 @@ choice is nothing connected to read from the DCC. config DEBUG_SEMIHOSTING - bool "Kernel low-level debug output via semihosting I" + bool "Kernel low-level debug output via semihosting I/O" help Semihosting enables code running on an ARM target to use the I/O facilities on a host debugger/emulator through a - simple SVC calls. The host debugger or emulator must have + simple SVC call. The host debugger or emulator must have semihosting enabled for the special svc call to be trapped otherwise the kernel will crash. - This is known to work with OpenOCD, as wellas + This is known to work with OpenOCD, as well as ARM's Fast Models, or any other controlling environment that implements semihosting. @@ -395,4 +395,13 @@ config ARM_KPROBES_TEST help Perform tests of kprobes API and instruction set simulation. +config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR + bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register" + depends on CPU_COPY_V6 + help + Enabling this option causes the kernel to write the current PID to + the PROCID field of the CONTEXTIDR register, at the expense of some + additional instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you + are planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel. + endmenu |