source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
- bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem"
+ bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
help
- The /dev/mem file by default only allows userspace access to PCI
- space and the BIOS code and data regions. This is sufficient for
- dosemu and X and all common users of /dev/mem. With this config
- option, you allow userspace access to all of memory, including
- kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is
- obviously disasterous, but specific access can be used by people
- debugging the kernel.
+ If this option is left off, you allow userspace access to all
+ of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
+ access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
+ be used by people debugging the kernel.
+
+ If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
+ userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
+ This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
+ /dev/mem.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y.
+
+config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
+ bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
+ default y
+ help
+ Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
+ (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
+ see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
config EARLY_PRINTK
bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- depends on X86_64_SMP
+ depends on X86_SMP
default n
help
Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
-config X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC || X86_VOYAGER
- depends on X86_32
-
-config X86_MPPARSE
- def_bool y
- depends on (X86_32 && (X86_LOCAL_APIC && !X86_VISWS)) || X86_64
-
config DOUBLEFAULT
default y
bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PCI
select TRACING
select MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
- default y
help
Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap