This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
+config EARLY_PRINTK
+ bool "Activate early kernel debugging"
+ default y
+ select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
+ depends on SERIAL_ALTERA_JTAGUART_CONSOLE || SERIAL_ALTERA_UART_CONSOLE
+ help
+ Enable early printk on console
+ This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
+ early before the console code is initialized.
+ You should normally say N here, unless you want to debug such a crash.
+
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