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authorDaniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>2014-03-28 09:28:11 +0000
committerDaniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>2014-09-02 14:49:58 +0100
commit8d656f055800a15a6723af1f4782d93180d40350 (patch)
treec30ffc55f538faff0a6ba2bb554fa3922d3e5eb3 /lib/Kconfig.debug
parent69e273c0b0a3c337a521d083374c918dc52c666f (diff)
serial: Emulate break using control characters
Currently the magic SysRq functions are accessed by sending a break. Unfortunately some networked serial proxies makes is difficult to send a break meaning SysRq functions cannot be reached. We avoid this problem by allowing the (fairly unlikely) sequence of ^B^R^K characters to emulate a real break. This approach is very nearly as robust as normal sysrq/break handling because all trigger recognition happens during interrupt handling however to emulate a break we must enter the ISR four times (instead of twice) and manage an extra byte of state. Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index a28590083622..bcd9cf52de21 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -345,6 +345,21 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE
This may be set to 1 or 0 to enable or disable them all, or
to a bitmask as described in Documentation/sysrq.txt.
+config MAGIC_SYSRQ_BREAK_EMULATION
+ bool "Enable magic SysRq serial break emulation"
+ depends on MAGIC_SYSRQ && SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
+ default n
+ help
+ If you say Y here, then you can use the character sequence ^B^R^K
+ to simulate a BREAK on the serial console. This is useful if for
+ some reason you cannot send a BREAK to your console's serial port.
+ For example, if you have a serial device server that cannot
+ send a BREAK. Enabling this feature can delay the delivery of
+ characters to the TTY because the ^B and a subsequent ^R will be
+ delayed until we know what the next character is.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config DEBUG_KERNEL
bool "Kernel debugging"
help