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										 |  |  | config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | source "lib/Kconfig.debug" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config EARLY_PRINTK | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	default y | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  unless you want to debug such a crash. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Check for stack overflows" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  drops below a certain limit. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This option will slow down process creation somewhat. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	bool "Debug page memory allocations" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages(). | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  of memory corruptions. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on X86_64_SMP | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default n | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  been setup.  Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  and decreases performance. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Say N if unsure. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config DEBUG_RODATA | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	default y | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	  data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  If in doubt, say "Y". | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_RODATA | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  If in doubt, say "N" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config DEBUG_NX_TEST | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  and the software setup of this feature. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  If in doubt, say "N" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config 4KSTACKS | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on X86_32 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	def_bool y | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC || X86_VOYAGER | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on X86_32 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config X86_MPPARSE | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	def_bool y | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on (X86_32 && (X86_LOCAL_APIC && !X86_VISWS)) || X86_64 | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config DOUBLEFAULT | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default y | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on X86_32 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IOMMU_DEBUG | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Enable IOMMU debugging" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	  Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  list merging.  Currently not recommended for production | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  IOMMU/AGP aperture.  Most of the options enabled by this can | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IOMMU_LEAK | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "IOMMU leak tracing" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on IOMMU_DEBUG | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	help | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | # IO delay types: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	default "0" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default "1" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default "2" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default "3" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	prompt "IO delay type" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_0X80 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  It is the most tested hence safest selection here. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_0XED | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  often used as a hardware-debug port. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_UDELAY | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "udelay based port-IO delay" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  while not having any side-effect on the IO port space. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | config IO_DELAY_NONE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "no port-IO delay" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	  No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | if IO_DELAY_0X80 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | endif | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | if IO_DELAY_0XED | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | endif | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | if IO_DELAY_UDELAY | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | endif | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | if IO_DELAY_NONE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Debug boot parameters" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_FS | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config CPA_DEBUG | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	bool "CPA self-test code" | 
					
						
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