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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index e8acd1f03456..372dec20c8da 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -98,6 +98,24 @@ "Kernel debugging" select "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb". </para> <para> + It is advised, but not required that you turn on the + CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER kernel option. This option inserts code to + into the compiled executable which saves the frame information in + registers or on the stack at different points which will allow a + debugger such as gdb to more accurately construct stack back traces + while debugging the kernel. + </para> + <para> + If the architecture that you are using supports the kernel option + CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA, you should consider turning it off. This + option will prevent the use of software breakpoints because it + marks certain regions of the kernel's memory space as read-only. + If kgdb supports it for the architecture you are using, you can + use hardware breakpoints if you desire to run with the + CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA option turned on, else you need to turn off + this option. + </para> + <para> Next you should choose one of more I/O drivers to interconnect debugging host and debugged target. Early boot debugging requires a KGDB I/O driver that supports early debugging and the driver must be |