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* [2.6 patch] let MAGIC_SYSRQ no longer depend on DEBUG_KERNEL
@ 2005-12-13 14:58 Adrian Bunk
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From: Adrian Bunk @ 2005-12-13 14:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel

I know several people using MAGIC_SYSRQ not for kernel debugging but for 
trying to do a halfway normal shutdown in case of problems.

Since there's no technical reason why MAGIC_SYSRQ would have to depend 
on DEBUG_KERNEL, I'm therefore suggesting to drop this dependency.


Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

---

This patch was already sent on:
- 22 Nov 2005

 lib/Kconfig.debug |   15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm2-full/lib/Kconfig.debug.old	2005-11-20 20:26:51.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm2-full/lib/Kconfig.debug	2005-11-20 20:27:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -8,16 +8,9 @@
 	  operations.  This is useful for identifying long delays
 	  in kernel startup.
 
-
-config DEBUG_KERNEL
-	bool "Kernel debugging"
-	help
-	  Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
-	  identify kernel problems.
-
 config MAGIC_SYSRQ
 	bool "Magic SysRq key"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !UML
+	depends on !UML
 	help
 	  If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even
 	  if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you
@@ -29,6 +22,12 @@
 	  keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
 	  unless you really know what this hack does.
 
+config DEBUG_KERNEL
+	bool "Kernel debugging"
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
+	  identify kernel problems.
+
 config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
 	int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" if DEBUG_KERNEL
 	range 12 21


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