2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index 6a79fe43e229..d20ccf5f2ca9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ config BOOTX_TEXT
 
 config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
         bool "Early debugging (dangerous)"
+        help
+          Say Y to enable some early debugging facilities that may be available
+          for your processor/board combination. Those facilities are hacks
+          intended to debug problems early during boot, this should not be
+          enabled in a production kernel.
+          Note that enabling this will also cause the kernel default log level
+          to be pushed to max automatically very early during boot
 
 choice
         prompt "Early debugging console"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
index d723070c9a33..eba148f2a31c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ void __init udbg_early_init(void)
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM)
         udbg_init_cpm();
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
+        console_loglevel = 10;
+#endif
 }
 
 /* udbg library, used by xmon et al */