Re: lan based kgdb

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

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On Sat, 2002-11-16 10:33:57 -0800, Linus Torvalds <[e-mail]>
wrote in message <[e-mail].c=
om>:
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Oliver Xymoron wrote:
> >=20
> > LAN latencies should be low enough that waiting on an ACK for each
> > packet will do just fine for error correction. If someone wants to do
> > remote debugging, they can ssh into a debugging machine on the same LAN.
>=20
> Basically, I don't personally care too much for kgdb itself, but I see a
> asynchronous LAN console as a more generic tool for just doing not just
> kernel debugging, but management in general. syslogd is fine for when the

=2E..which reminds me to DEC's MOP (Maintainence and Operator's Protocol),
which is ethernet (but not IP) based remote console and a mixture of
bootp/tftp. Sure, we won't (yet) go as far as sending the next kernel to
boot via our new console protocol to kexec(), but wait for the very
first S-Records to arrive:-p

MfG, JBG

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