[PATCH] ppc64: update xmon helptext

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / arch / ppc64 / Kconfig.debug

diff --git a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug
index 46b1ce58da3b39abd2ae6349040bc87001dd607c..f16a5030527bd1e8f8818dc7337d49ba049054f3 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -41,10 +41,19 @@ config XMON
        help
          Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger.
          Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
+         Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise
+         nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the
+         framebuffer memory).
+         The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon very
+         early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon debugger hooks.
+         'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set.
 
 config XMON_DEFAULT
        bool "Enable xmon by default"
        depends on XMON
+       help
+         xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'.
+         Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime.
 
 config PPCDBG
        bool "Include PPCDBG realtime debugging"