kgdboc: Add ekgdboc for early use of the kernel debugger
The ekgdboc= differs from kgdboc= in that you can begin debuggin as
soon as the exceptions are setup and the kgdb I/O driver is available,
instead of waiting until the tty subsystem is available.
CC: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index bdce359..4c44d01 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -713,6 +713,12 @@
The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
console.
+ ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
+ ekgdboc=kbd
+
+ This is desgined to be used in conjunction with
+ the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
+
eata= [HW,SCSI]
edd= [EDD]