Re: Linux Kernel Debuggers, KDB or KGDB?

Ingo Oeser (ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
Tue, 1 May 2001 11:37:58 +0200

On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 07:11:35PM -0500, Jeff Dike wrote:
> pjalbrecht@home.com said:
> > Where can I find an analysis of the relative strengths and weaknesses
> > of KDB and KGDB for kernel debug? Has the linux community come to any
> > consensus regarding the utility one or the other?
>
> You ought to add UML to the list, since it is useful for
> debugging any part of the kernel that's not arch code or a
> hardware device driver (except that there's now USB support for
> UML).

Basically you could add support for ALL generic subsystems, that
support dummy hardware, like SCSI and ISDN for example.

Is that planned or do I suggest sth. stupid here? ;-)

Regards

Ingo Oeser

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