1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index ecb3516f6546..c5cefb3c009c 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
           But it significantly improves the success of resolving
           variables in gdb on optimized code.
 
+config GDB_SCRIPTS
+        bool "Provide GDB scripts for kernel debugging"
+        depends on DEBUG_INFO
+        help
+          This creates the required links to GDB helper scripts in the
+          build directory. If you load vmlinux into gdb, the helper
+          scripts will be automatically imported by gdb as well, and
+          additional functions are available to analyze a Linux kernel
+          instance. See Documentation/gdb-kernel-debugging.txt for further
+          details.
+
 config ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED
         bool "Enable __deprecated logic"
         default y