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The meaning of CONFIG_EMBEDDED has long since been obsoleted; the option is used to configure any non-standard kernel with a much larger scope than only small devices. This patch renames the option to CONFIG_EXPERT in init/Kconfig and fixes references to the option throughout the kernel. A new CONFIG_EMBEDDED option is added that automatically selects CONFIG_EXPERT when enabled and can be used in the future to isolate options that should only be considered for embedded systems (RISC architectures, SLOB, etc). Calling the option "EXPERT" more accurately represents its intention: only expert users who understand the impact of the configuration changes they are making should enable it. Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: David Woodhouse <david.woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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menu "Kernel hacking"
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config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
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bool
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default y
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source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
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config EARLY_PRINTK
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bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
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depends on SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
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default y
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help
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This option enables special console drivers which allow the kernel
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to print messages very early in the bootup process.
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This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
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early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation,
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it is not recommended because it looks ugly on some machines and
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doesn't cooperate with an X server. You should normally say N here,
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unless you want to debug such a crash.
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config CMDLINE_BOOL
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bool "Built-in kernel command line"
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default n
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help
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For most systems, it is firmware or second stage bootloader that
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by default specifies the kernel command line options. However,
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it might be necessary or advantageous to either override the
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default kernel command line or add a few extra options to it.
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For such cases, this option allows you to hardcode your own
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command line options directly into the kernel. For that, you
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should choose 'Y' here, and fill in the extra boot arguments
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in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
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The built-in options will be concatenated to the default command
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line if CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is set to 'N'. Otherwise, the default
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command line will be ignored and replaced by the built-in string.
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Most MIPS systems will normally expect 'N' here and rely upon
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the command line from the firmware or the second-stage bootloader.
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config CMDLINE
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string "Default kernel command string"
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depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
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default ""
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help
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On some platforms, there is currently no way for the boot loader to
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pass arguments to the kernel. For these platforms, and for the cases
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when you want to add some extra options to the command line or ignore
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the default command line, you can supply some command-line options at
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build time by entering them here. In other cases you can specify
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kernel args so that you don't have to set them up in board prom
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initialization routines.
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For more information, see the CMDLINE_BOOL and CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
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options.
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config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
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bool "Built-in command line overrides firware arguments"
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default n
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depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
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help
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By setting this option to 'Y' you will have your kernel ignore
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command line arguments from firmware or second stage bootloader.
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Instead, the built-in command line will be used exclusively.
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Normally, you will choose 'N' here.
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config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
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bool "Check for stack overflows"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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help
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This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
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drops below a certain limit(2GB on MIPS). The debugging option
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provides another way to check stack overflow happened on kernel mode
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stack usually caused by nested interruption.
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config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
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bool "Enable stack utilization instrumentation"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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help
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Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
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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 SMTC_IDLE_HOOK_DEBUG
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bool "Enable additional debug checks before going into CPU idle loop"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && MIPS_MT_SMTC
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help
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This option enables Enable additional debug checks before going into
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CPU idle loop. For details on these checks, see
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arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c. This debugging option result in significant
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overhead so should be disabled in production kernels.
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config SB1XXX_CORELIS
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bool "Corelis Debugger"
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depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC
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select DEBUG_INFO
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help
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Select compile flags that produce code that can be processed by the
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Corelis mksym utility and UDB Emulator.
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config RUNTIME_DEBUG
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bool "Enable run-time debugging"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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help
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If you say Y here, some debugging macros will do run-time checking.
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If you say N here, those macros will mostly turn to no-ops. See
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arch/mips/include/asm/debug.h for debugging macros.
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If unsure, say N.
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config DEBUG_ZBOOT
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bool "Enable compressed kernel support debugging"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
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default n
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help
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If you want to add compressed kernel support to a new board, and the
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board supports uart16550 compatible serial port, please select
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SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550 for your board and enable this option to
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debug it.
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If your board doesn't support uart16550 compatible serial port, you
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can try to select SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT and use the other methods to
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debug it. for example, add a new serial port support just as
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arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-16550.c does.
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After the compressed kernel support works, please disable this option
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to reduce the kernel image size and speed up the booting procedure a
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little.
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config SPINLOCK_TEST
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bool "Enable spinlock timing tests in debugfs"
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depends on DEBUG_FS
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default n
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help
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Add several files to the debugfs to test spinlock speed.
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endmenu
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