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Message-Id: <20070918220533.36ce1107.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:05:33 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> To: kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Cc: jason.wessel@...driver.com, akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: [PATCH -mm] kgdb: fix help text From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> Fix kgdb help text typos, grammar, config symbol names, and indentation. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> --- lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.23-rc6-mm1.orig/lib/Kconfig.kgdb +++ linux-2.6.23-rc6-mm1/lib/Kconfig.kgdb @@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ config KGDB_ARCH_HAS_SHADOW_INFO config KGDB_CONSOLE bool "KGDB: Console messages through gdb" depends on KGDB - help - If you say Y here, console messages will appear through gdb. - Other consoles such as tty or ttyS will continue to work as usual. - Note, that if you use this in conjunction with KGDB_ETH, if the - ethernet driver runs into an error condition during use with KGDB - it is possible to hit an infinite recusrion, causing the kernel - to crash, and typically reboot. For this reason, it is preferable - to use NETCONSOLE in conjunction with KGDB_ETH instead of - KGDB_CONSOLE. + help + If you say Y here, console messages will appear through gdb. + Other consoles such as tty or ttyS will continue to work as usual. + Note that if you use this in conjunction with KGDBOE, if the + ethernet driver runs into an error condition during use with KGDB, + it is possible to hit an infinite recursion, causing the kernel + to crash, and typically reboot. For this reason, it is preferable + to use NETCONSOLE in conjunction with KGDBOE instead of + KGDB_CONSOLE. choice prompt "Method for KGDB communication" @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config KGDB_TXX9 bool "KGDB: On TX49xx serial port" depends on MIPS && CPU_TX49XX help - Uses TX49xx serial port to communicate with the host KGDB. + Uses TX49xx serial port to communicate with the host GDB. config KGDB_SH_SCI bool "KGDB: On SH SCI(F) serial port" @@ -251,20 +251,18 @@ config KGDB_8250_CONF_STRING depends on KGDB_8250_NOMODULE && !KGDB_SIMPLE_SERIAL default "io,2f8,115200,3" if X86 help - The format of this string should be <io or - mmio>,<address>,<baud rate>,<irq>. For example, to use the - serial port on an i386 box located at 0x2f8 and 115200 baud - on IRQ 3 at use: - io,2f8,115200,3 + The format of this string should be <io or mmio>, + <address>,<baud rate>,<irq>. For example, on an i386 box, + to use the serial port located at 0x2f8, IRQ 3, at 115200 baud + use: io,2f8,115200,3 config KGDB_ATTACH_WAIT bool "KGDB: Wait for debugger to attach on an unknown exception" default y if KGDB_8250_NOMODULE default n if !KGDB_8250_NOMODULE - help - If a panic occurs, or any kind of exception the kgdb will - stop and wait for a debugger to attach. This sets the - default behavior for waiting for the debugger to attach. This - value can also be changed at runtime through - /sys/module/kgdb/paramaters/attachwait - + help + If a panic occurs, or any kind of exception, the kgdb will + stop and wait for a debugger to attach. This sets the + default behavior for waiting for the debugger to attach. This + value can also be changed at runtime through + /sys/module/kgdb/parameters/attachwait - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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