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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-20 15:13:29 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-20 15:13:29 -0800
commit4fbd0a81a0059f22d06780de96e73f9ddbccd8a4 (patch)
treeda867d35f345180234e2243df833eb6237c12d73 /Documentation/DocBook
parent7bad2227f639723230dbc40fe32e16101321b5b7 (diff)
parentdd8f30cc0550f36861ddfa42c27cc5c580b0bf8c (diff)
Merge tag 'for_linux-3.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb
Pull kgdb/kdb updates from Jason Wessel: "KGDB/KDB New: - KDB: improved searching - No longer enter debug core on panic if panic timeout is set KGDB/KDB regressions / cleanups - fix pdf doc build errors - prevent junk characters on kdb console from printk levels" * tag 'for_linux-3.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb: kgdb, docs: Fix <para> pdfdocs build errors debug: prevent entering debug mode on panic/exception. kdb: Const qualifier for kdb_getstr's prompt argument kdb: Provide forward search at more prompt kdb: Fix a prompt management bug when using | grep kdb: Remove stack dump when entering kgdb due to NMI kdb: Avoid printing KERN_ levels to consoles kdb: Fix off by one error in kdb_cpu() kdb: fix incorrect counts in KDB summary command output
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index 2428cc04dbc8..f3abca7ec53d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
may be configured as a kernel built-in or a kernel loadable module.
You can only make use of <constant>kgdbwait</constant> and early
debugging if you build kgdboc into the kernel as a built-in.
+ </para>
<para>Optionally you can elect to activate kms (Kernel Mode
Setting) integration. When you use kms with kgdboc and you have a
video driver that has atomic mode setting hooks, it is possible to
@@ -206,7 +207,6 @@
crashes or doing analysis of memory with kdb while allowing the
full graphics console applications to run.
</para>
- </para>
<sect2 id="kgdbocArgs">
<title>kgdboc arguments</title>
<para>Usage: <constant>kgdboc=[kms][[,]kbd][[,]serial_device][,baud]</constant></para>
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
- </sect3>
<para>NOTE: Kgdboc does not support interrupting the target via the
gdb remote protocol. You must manually send a sysrq-g unless you
have a proxy that splits console output to a terminal program.
@@ -305,6 +304,7 @@
as well as on the initial connect, or to use a debugger proxy that
allows an unmodified gdb to do the debugging.
</para>
+ </sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="kgdbwait">
@@ -350,12 +350,12 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
+ </para>
<para>IMPORTANT NOTE: You cannot use kgdboc + kgdbcon on a tty that is an
active system console. An example of incorrect usage is <constant>console=ttyS0,115200 kgdboc=ttyS0 kgdbcon</constant>
</para>
<para>It is possible to use this option with kgdboc on a tty that is not a system console.
</para>
- </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="kgdbreboot">
<title>Run time parameter: kgdbreboot</title>