verbose kernel debug
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl at gmail.com
Wed Jul 30 10:09:22 EST 2008
On 7/29/08, Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 07:12:58PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > On 7/29/08, Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com> wrote:
> > > Jon Smirl wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm getting a "Badness at c01cc228 [verbose debug info unavailable]"
> > > >
> > > > How do I turn on verbose debug support? Or is it helpful? I see the
> > > > option for x86 but I don't see how to do it for PowerPC.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Under "Kernel Hacking", enable "Kernel debugging". This will expose a
> > > "Verbose BUG() reporting" option.
> > >
> > > IMHO, this option shouldn't be buried in this manner; it's not just for
> > > hacking kernels, but also for submitting decent bug reports.
> >
> > I looked in there. The option is not appearing for my MPC5200.
>
>
> Hmmm, I can see it right now on a 5200 configured kernel. It's right
> before "Compile the kernel with debug info" option.
>
> It also helps to make sure CONFIG_EMBEDDED is disabled, or if it is
> enabled that CONFIG_KALLSYMS is enabled.
More needs to be selected, I still can't get it to appear.
I'm digging through Kconfig....
>
>
> g.
>
>
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Jon Smirl
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