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Subject[PATCH 5/8] kgdboc: Add ekgdboc for early use of the kernel debugger
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The ekgdboc= differs from kgdboc= in that you can begin debuggin as
soon as the exceptions are setup and the kgdb I/O driver is available,
instead of waiting until the tty subsystem is available.

CC: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++
drivers/serial/kgdboc.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c6936b2..aaeb992 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -708,6 +708,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
console.

+ ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
+ ekgdboc=kbd
+
+ This is desgined to be used in conjunction with
+ the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
+
eata= [HW,SCSI]

edd= [EDD]
diff --git a/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c b/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c
index 201cdf5..e8557a5 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c
@@ -236,6 +236,25 @@ static struct kgdb_io kgdboc_io_ops = {
.post_exception = kgdboc_post_exp_handler,
};

+#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE
+/* This is only available if kgdboc is a built in for early debugging */
+int __init kgdboc_early_init(char *opt)
+{
+ /* save the first character of the config string because the
+ * init routine can destroy it.
+ */
+ char save_ch;
+
+ kgdboc_option_setup(opt);
+ save_ch = config[0];
+ init_kgdboc();
+ config[0] = save_ch;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("ekgdboc", kgdboc_early_init);
+#endif /* CONFIG_KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE */
+
module_init(init_kgdboc);
module_exit(cleanup_kgdboc);
module_param_call(kgdboc, param_set_kgdboc_var, param_get_string, &kps, 0644);
--
1.6.4.rc1


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