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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/m68k/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/m68k/Kconfig.debug | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.debug b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.debug index 229682721240..64776d7ac199 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.debug @@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ config BOOTPARAM_STRING config EARLY_PRINTK bool "Early printk" - depends on MVME16x || MAC + depends on !(SUN3 || M68360 || M68000 || COLDFIRE) help Write kernel log output directly to a serial port. + Where implemented, output goes to the framebuffer as well. + PROM console functionality on Sun 3x is not affected by this option. + + Pass "earlyprintk" on the kernel command line to get a + boot console. This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very - early before the console code is initialized. + early, i.e. before the normal console driver is loaded. You should normally say N here, unless you want to debug such a crash. if !MMU |