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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb index 933680b59e2d..ffa7a76de086 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb +++ b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb @@ -124,4 +124,22 @@ config KDB_CONTINUE_CATASTROPHIC CONFIG_KDB_CONTINUE_CATASTROPHIC == 2. KDB forces a reboot. If you are not sure, say 0. +config ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG + bool + default n + help + If an architecture can definitely handle entering the debugger + when early_param's are parsed then it select this config. + Otherwise, if "kgdbwait" is passed on the kernel command line it + won't actually be processed until dbg_late_init() just after the + call to kgdb_arch_late() is made. + + NOTE: Even if this isn't selected by an architecture we will + still try to register kgdb to handle breakpoints and crashes + when early_param's are parsed, we just won't act on the + "kgdbwait" parameter until dbg_late_init(). If you get a + crash and try to drop into kgdb somewhere between these two + places you might or might not end up being able to use kgdb + depending on exactly how far along the architecture has initted. + endif # KGDB |