[PATCH] ARM: debug: provide dummy default option for DEBUG_LL UART choice
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Fri Sep 30 05:28:47 EDT 2011
Defaulting to DEBUG_ICEDCC will cause systems to hang during boot unless
a hardware debugger is listening to the debug comms. channel.
This patch adds a dummy UART option as the default DEBUG_LL choice which
requires the platform to do the right thing.
Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
This came out of discussion on the list yesterday but I thought I'd better
post a patch before sending to Russell.
Will
arch/arm/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++++++--
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
index 32b1be4..5bc7814 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ choice
prompt "Kernel low-level debugging port"
depends on DEBUG_LL
+ config DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
+ bool "No low-level debugging UART"
+ help
+ Say Y here if your platform doesn't provide a UART option
+ below. This relies on your platform choosing the right UART
+ definition internally in order for low-level debugging to
+ work.
+
config DEBUG_ICEDCC
bool "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC channel"
help
@@ -89,8 +97,8 @@ choice
co-processor 14. This is known to work on the ARM9 style ICE
channel and on the XScale with the PEEDI.
- It does include a timeout to ensure that the system does not
- totally freeze when there is nothing connected to read.
+ Note that the system will appear to hang during boot if there
+ is nothing connected to read from the DCC.
config DEBUG_FOOTBRIDGE_COM1
bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge 8250 at PCI COM1"
--
1.7.0.4
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