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The decompressor does not have any special debug means. Running the kernel under qemu with gdb is helpful but tedious exercise if done repeatedly. It is also not applicable to debugging under LPAR and z/VM. One special thing which stands out is a working sclp_early_printk, which could be used once the kernel switches to 64-bit addressing mode. But sclp_early_printk does not provide any string formating capabilities. Formatting and printing string without printk-alike function is a not fun. The lack of printk-alike function means people would save up on testing and introduce more bugs. So, finally, provide decompressor_printk function, which fits on one screen and trades features for simplicity. It only supports "%s", "%x" and "%lx" specifiers and zero padding for hex values. Reviewed-by: Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.