On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 00:33:04 +0100 (BST), =?iso-8859-1?q?RamBhagat=20Gupta?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi All, >Does anyone have any idea if there is support for >ls/cat at kdb prompt. This would have been useful to >look for logs or configuration files without having to >reboot the machine. I was checking kdb version 4.4 for >linux kernel 2.6.8 but found only support for dmesg. >Is there some patch available for it?
No, and there never will be. When kdb is in control, the system is completely stopped. No interrupts, no I/O, nothing moves. That is the only safe way to debug a kernel, especially when you are debugging a filesystem problem. --------------------------- Use http://oss.sgi.com/ecartis to modify your settings or to unsubscribe.
