menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config EARLY_PRINTK bool "Early SCIF console support" config DEBUG_KERNEL_WITH_GDB_STUB bool "GDB Stub kernel debug" config SH64_PROC_TLB bool "Debug: report TLB fill/purge activity through /proc/tlb" depends on PROC_FS config SH64_PROC_ASIDS bool "Debug: report ASIDs through /proc/asids" depends on PROC_FS config SH64_SR_WATCH bool "Debug: set SR.WATCH to enable hardware watchpoints and trace" config SH_ALPHANUMERIC bool "Enable debug outputs to on-board alphanumeric display" config SH_NO_BSS_INIT bool "Avoid zeroing BSS (to speed-up startup on suitable platforms)" config FRAME_POINTER bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" default y if KGDB help If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly larger and slower, but it will give very useful debugging information. If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N, but we may not be able to solve problems without frame pointers. endmenu