From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <9e4733910807291709j49cacaa7gcc05f075f0691682@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:09:22 -0400 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Grant Likely" Subject: Re: verbose kernel debug In-Reply-To: <20080729234012.GA13708@secretlab.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <9e4733910807291547p3ddd6b15nbe4516657e2e014f@mail.gmail.com> <488FA22C.5060100@freescale.com> <9e4733910807291612l5e0567d6t376c2f96c5169333@mail.gmail.com> <20080729234012.GA13708@secretlab.ca> Cc: Scott Wood , ppc-dev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 7/29/08, Grant Likely wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 07:12:58PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > On 7/29/08, Scott Wood wrote: > > > Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > > > > I'm getting a "Badness at c01cc228 [verbose debug info unavailable]" > > > > > > > > How do I turn on verbose debug support? Or is it helpful? I see the > > > > option for x86 but I don't see how to do it for PowerPC. > > > > > > > > > > Under "Kernel Hacking", enable "Kernel debugging". This will expose a > > > "Verbose BUG() reporting" option. > > > > > > IMHO, this option shouldn't be buried in this manner; it's not just for > > > hacking kernels, but also for submitting decent bug reports. > > > > I looked in there. The option is not appearing for my MPC5200. > > > Hmmm, I can see it right now on a 5200 configured kernel. It's right > before "Compile the kernel with debug info" option. > > It also helps to make sure CONFIG_EMBEDDED is disabled, or if it is > enabled that CONFIG_KALLSYMS is enabled. More needs to be selected, I still can't get it to appear. I'm digging through Kconfig.... > > > g. > > -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com