menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config STRICT_DEVMEM bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" depends on MMU ---help--- If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) 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 memory mapped peripherals. If in doubt, say Y. config EARLY_PRINTK def_bool DEBUG_OCD help Write kernel log output directly into the ocd or to a serial port. This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, unless you want to debug such a crash. # These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty. config DEBUG_LL bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL help Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex in the kernel. This is helpful if you are debugging code that executes before the console is initialized. config DEBUG_OCD bool "Kernel low-level debugging via On-Chip-Debugger" depends on DEBUG_LL default y help Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct their output to the UniCore On-Chip-Debugger channel using CP #1. endmenu