On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 07:52:12PM +0200, maks attems wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > | Package: kernel-patch-2.4-kgdb (1.9-1) > > | GDB debugging for the kernel > > | > > | This package provides the patches for the 2.4.23 kernel (and should > > | apply to other nearby versions) for the i386 and powerpc architectures. > > | It allows you to compile the kernel with debugging symbols for gdb. > > > > Is this package still applicable to 2.4.27 or whatever kernel will ship > > with Sarge? If not, it should probably have a RC bug filed on it, if > > yes, it should have an import bug filed regarding the outdated > > description. > > > > Note that I'm not subscribed here, please CC me, I'm fine filing the bug > > myself, but don't know which of the two cases it is... > > patches applies with some fuzz/offset to current kernel-source-2.4.27. > didn't try to run it. > version 1.9 is 9 month old. > > nevertheless people wanting to use a debugger should use -mm trees. > akpm includes up2date kgdb patches. > so i do not see a real value of that patch.
It seems reasonable to have a kgdb patch that works against the kernels that will be included in sarge. -- Horms
