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diff --git a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug index 46b1ce58da3b..f16a5030527b 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug @@ -41,10 +41,19 @@ config XMON help Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger. Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here. + Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise + nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the + framebuffer memory). + The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon very + early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon debugger hooks. + 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set. config XMON_DEFAULT bool "Enable xmon by default" depends on XMON + help + xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'. + Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime. config PPCDBG bool "Include PPCDBG realtime debugging" |