On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>wrote:
> > (having been totally immersed in a non-kernel project for the last > while, i'm finally getting back to kernel stuff. much catching up to > do, i see.) > > what is the current state of in-kernel support for kgdb? in a > recent piece which i will not identify, i read: > > "Complete support for KGDB is still not in the mainline kernel.org > kernel. You need to port KGDB to your chosen target or obtain an > embedded Linux distribution for your chosen architecture and platform > that contains KGDB support. Most commercial embedded Linux > distributions available today support KGDB." > > Recently I have tried to debug kernel (via KGDB) on omap based beagleboard. And I found omap-linux has support for KGDB. Not sure about the mainline tree though ~cnanda > it seems that the above conflates two issues -- the in-kernel > support, and the ability to get your hands on the appropriate > cross-compiled version of kgdb. > > would someone like to clarify the above? mulyadi? :-) > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > >
