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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/of/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/of/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig index 80b5fd44ab1c..644386833a7b 100644 --- a/drivers/of/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig @@ -23,7 +23,19 @@ config OF_UNITTEST that are executed once at boot time, and the results dumped to the console. - If unsure, say N here, but this option is safe to enable. + This option should only be enabled for a development kernel. The tests + will taint the kernel with TAINT_TEST. The tests will cause ERROR and + WARNING messages to print on the console. The tests will cause stack + traces to print on the console. It is possible that the tests will + leave the devicetree in a corrupted state. + + The unittest output will be verbose. Copy the output to a file + via capturing the console output or via the dmesg command. Process + this file with scripts/dtc/of_unittest_expect to reduce the + verbosity, test whether expected output is present, and to + summarize the results. + + If unsure, say N here. This option is not safe to enable. config OF_ALL_DTBS bool "Build all Device Tree Blobs" |