Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova wrote:
> I would like to know whether you can debug Xen directly via a serial console 
> (like Solaris) or if you need another debug machine (as with FreeBSD and 
> Linux)? 
>
> I have connected Xen to a serial console, through which I can see the menu of 
> Xen commands (by typing 'h'). Now I want to debug Xen, and the menu says that 
> I must type '%': 
>
> (XEN)  key '%' (ascii '25') => Trap to xendbg
>
> When I type '%' now, nothing happens -- I am guessing that's because my Xen 
> is not compiled with debugging enabled. After I compile it with debugging 
> enabled, will I be able to debug it via my existing serial console 
> connection, after typing '%', or will I need to connect to Xen machine to 
> another "debug" machine via another serial cable, and connect to gdb on that 
> debug machine?
>
> Thanks!
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Does the official Xen documentation say that this will enable 
debugging?  Do they say it's even supported?  Sun's implementation 
should be feature compatible.

James
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