I know several people using MAGIC_SYSRQ not for kernel debugging but for
trying to do a halfway normal shutdown in case of problems.
Since there's no technical reason why MAGIC_SYSRQ would have to depend
on DEBUG_KERNEL, I'm therefore suggesting to drop this dependency.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
---
lib/Kconfig.debug | 15 +++++++--------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm2-full/lib/Kconfig.debug.old 2005-11-20 20:26:51.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm2-full/lib/Kconfig.debug 2005-11-20 20:27:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -8,16 +8,9 @@
operations. This is useful for identifying long delays
in kernel startup.
-
-config DEBUG_KERNEL
- bool "Kernel debugging"
- help
- Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
- identify kernel problems.
-
config MAGIC_SYSRQ
bool "Magic SysRq key"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !UML
+ depends on !UML
help
If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even
if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you
@@ -29,6 +22,12 @@
keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
unless you really know what this hack does.
+config DEBUG_KERNEL
+ bool "Kernel debugging"
+ help
+ Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
+ identify kernel problems.
+
config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" if DEBUG_KERNEL
range 12 21
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