> > *Oh that's kexec!*
Thats it ! thanks ;) Anyway, I did want to mention perhaps this would be another option, but basically do not know if it could be used to debug modules as well ? I think so, but am not sure. Anyway, some say the most effective way to debug a kernel module is by using printk() . . . but this is something I have no personal hands on experience with to date. On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:05 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyway, this will drive me nuts ( short trip ) until I figure it out / > remember. As it seemed like a really cool / useful / just-the-sort-of-thing > I'd love to toy with. > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:53 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *kdb? it's also enabled by default... never personally used it thou..* >> >> >> I do not think so, no. Someone on these groups posted about something I >> had never heard about before, so I spent a couple hours googling and >> reading on the subject. >> >> Basically, in make I believe it is an "ARCH" option, that builds the >> kernel as a standalone executable. Which can then be run *somehow* ( >> perhaps chroot env ) on an already running Linux. Something akin perhaps >> to a virtual machine, without the virtual machine. >> >> The idea anyway, is that you could debug a misbehaving kernel, withotu >> completely crashing the system it was running on. Also alleviating the need >> for a remote debug system. >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 2:35 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Isn't there some new fandangled way to debug the kernel by running it >>> as an >>> > executable. As in Linux running it's self ? For the life of me, I can >>> not >>> > recall the correct term . . . >>> >>> kdb? it's also enabled by default... never personally used it thou.. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Nelson >>> https://rcn-ee.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
