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authorHuang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>2008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100
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x86 boot : export boot_params via debugfs for debugging
This patch export the boot parameters via debugfs for debugging. The files added are as follow: boot_params/data : binary file for struct boot_params boot_params/version : boot protocol version This patch is based on 2.6.24-rc5-mm1 and has been tested on i386 and x86_64 platform. This patch is based on the Peter Anvin's proposal. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 660200915baa..15854b53badc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -185,4 +185,11 @@ config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
endif
+config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
+ bool "Debug boot parameters"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on DEBUG_FS
+ help
+ This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
+
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