[Dri-devel] PPC Lockup (ati-pcigart-branch)

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <3A686DFE.9030308 at valinux.com> Jeff Hartmann wrote:
>
> I dunno if the kgdb patch works on powerpc, but you might try it.  You
> could single step through this code since your not at a point where
> interrupts are disabled.
>
> Unfortunately kdb (built-in kernel debugger) does not work on the
> powerpc.  It is REALLY useful when your debugging code when interrupts

OTOH on many PPC systems you can just hook up a BDM / JTAG  debugger,
which  provides  a  tool  which  is even more powerful (since you can
freeze the whole CPU, including all internal timers etc.).

Wolfgang Denk

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