Hello Jim Thanks for your answer. I fully agree that we need a common kdb for 2.5, as it is currently for 2.4. My goal was just to provide it as we needed it for our 2.5 debugging. I just would be very happy if it can be of some help for anybody who miss it on 2.5 ia64, or if some piece of code is of any interest for the final version. I will have very few time to help until end august, but if I find some, I will try to compare our common parts. Thanks
Xavier Jim Houston writes: > Hi Keith, Xavier, Everyone, > > I recently updated my patch to support kdb on i386 for recent linux-2.5 > kernels. It is available here: > > http://www.ccur.com/realtime/oss > > Xavier, I saw the announcement for your patch for ia64. Perhaps we should > try to combine our efforts on the common portion of kdb? > > Jim Houston - Concurrent Computer Corp. Xavier Bru writes: > Hello Keith & all, > > I put on: > http://www.bullfreeware.com/linux/kdb > patches that work on our IA64 platform with kernel 2.5.72. > > It is based on kdb v4.1 ia64 for 2.4.20, and the initial port you have > done of kdb i386 on 2.5.45. > > The result is far from perfect. > Major restrictions are: > . only arch ia64 support. > . no keyboard support (debug through serial line only: > - new ia64 platforms have no AT keyboard. > - the kdb USB keyboard driver developped by Sebastien Lelarge > still needs to be ported on new USB code. > . breakpoints still deadlock in SMP. > . no section, rmmod commands. > . mca/init not tested. > > What should work: > . parameters support. > . kernel & module symbols. > . new tpa command that translates virtual to physical addresses (ia64). > > I hope this can be help, as kdb is really mandatory for 2.5. > --
