On Configuring The Linux Kernel For Debugging
In this blog let’s look at something simple, yet apparently, not used nearly enough. Let’s look at configuring the Linux kernel with various options for debugging.
Linux kernel configuration is achieved by assigning values to macros These values are commonly just ‘y’ or ‘m’, for “yes” or “module”. The yes generally means to link that feature into the kernel image. The module, of course means to compile and link that option as a loadable kernel module.
The “make xconfig” configuration tool has a nice way to search for configuration macros and to see the names. Choose Option ? Show Name to see them. Use Edit ? Find to search for them. Below are a couple screen shots so you can better remember.
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