This first patch just adds the HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS option to the 'Kernel type' menu. If N, the watch register support is disabled. Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/Kconfig | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 8724ed3..98f46f6 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -1622,6 +1622,13 @@ config CPU_HAS_SMARTMIPS you don't know you probably don't have SmartMIPS and should say N here. +config HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS + bool "Debugger support for hardware watchpoints" + depends on (CPU_MIPS32 || CPU_MIPS64) + help + Saying yes here allows you to utilize the hardware watchpoint + registers. Most people should say Y here. + config CPU_HAS_WB bool -- 1.5.5