| Message ID | 20190814205638.25322-1-gromero@linux.ibm.com (mailing list archive) |
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| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 6278f55ba5ed20f486ea2049da0cf9a9c1d9a5d5 |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [1/2] powerpc: Document xmon options | expand |
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| snowpatch_ozlabs/apply_patch | success | Successfully applied on branch next (da206bd46848568e1aaf35f00e2d78bf9bc94f95) |
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On Wed, 2019-08-14 at 20:56:37 UTC, Gustavo Romero wrote: > Document all options currently supported by xmon debugger. > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Romero <gromero@linux.ibm.com> Series applied to powerpc next, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/6278f55ba5ed20f486ea2049da0cf9a9c1d9a5d5 cheers
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 7ccd158b3894..6d495aab4d0b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5305,3 +5305,22 @@ A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h. + + xmon [PPC] + Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off } + Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off. + Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early". + early Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon + debugger is called from setup_arch(). + on xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon + is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode, + i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled + with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE. + rw xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon + is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write, + meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data + can be written using xmon commands. + ro same as "rw" option above but SPR registers, + memory, and other data can't be written using + xmon commands. + off xmon is disabled.
Document all options currently supported by xmon debugger. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Romero <gromero@linux.ibm.com> --- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)