ARM: 7073/1: debug: augment DEBUG_LL Kconfig help to clarify behaviour

Enabled DEBUG_LL hardcodes the UART address into the kernel and results
in a non-portable kernel image. Since this option is only intended for
use when debugging early boot failures, supporting multiple platforms
in such a configuration is not the intended use-case.

This patch documents this limitation in the DEBUG_LL Kconfig help text,
so that users are aware of the portability restrictions that are associated
with enabling low-level debugging support.

Reported-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
index 11604c9e55e0..60d184677955 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -65,13 +65,18 @@ config DEBUG_USER
 
 # These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty.
 config DEBUG_LL
-        bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions"
+        bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions (read help!)"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         help
           Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex
           in the kernel.  This is helpful if you are debugging code that
           executes before the console is initialized.
 
+          Note that selecting this option will limit the kernel to a single
+          UART definition, as specified below. Attempting to boot the kernel
+          image on a different platform *will not work*, so this option should
+          not be enabled for kernels that are intended to be portable.
+
 choice
         prompt "Kernel low-level debugging port"
         depends on DEBUG_LL