kernel debugging tool

Heiko J Schick info at schihei.de
Sat Feb 4 04:55:19 EST 2006


Hello,

you can also use XMON or KDB, which are kernel debuggers.
XMON is normally included in PowerPC kernels. I think
for KDB you have to patch your kernel, but that could be
wrong.

Sometimes also very useful, too. :)

On Jan 19, 2006, at 1:00 AM, Hyo Jung Song wrote:

>    WE are interested in Cell BE (broadband engine) Linux patch.  
> (found in
> http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/cbexdev.html)
>    We want to debug kernel sources sometimes. How can we do it?
>    I believe you guys debugged kernel source codes for CBE and you  
> used
>    some tools.
>    Could you please some tips for this? Thank you.
>
>
>
>    Hyo Jung Song
>    Senior Engineer
>    Samsung Electronics
>    tel. 82-2-3416-0355
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cell Support [mailto:cell_support at bsc.es]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:27 PM
> To: hjsong at samsung.com
> Cc: cell_support at bsc.es
> Subject: Re: Fwd: kernel debugging tool
>
> Dear Hyo,
>
> we don't develop linux patches for Cell BE. We got them from public
> kernel mailing lists and post them to help
> people to built a kernel that works with Cell BE. This avoids  
> having to
> go through kernel mailing lists to
> find the correct patch files that fit a specific kernel release. Hope
> this helps people.
>
> We think you should post your question to a linux kernel mailing list.
> Regarding the ppc64 kernel development,
> the linuxppc64-dev at ozlabs.org is the right place
> (https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc64-dev). But
> you can also sent this to the http://www.kernel.org mailing lists.
> Probable, kernel developers can help you
> because they are always debugging new their code.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
>> Sender : hjsong at samsung.com
>> Date   : 2006-01-17 10:13
>> Title  : kernel debugging tool
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> WE are interested in CBE Linux patch.
>> We want to debug kernel sources sometimes. How can we do it?
>> I believe you guys debugged kernel source codes for CBE and you used
>> some tools.
>> Could you please some tips for this? Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hyo Jung Song
>> Senior Engineer
>> Samsung Electronics
>> tel. 82-2-3416-0355
>
>
>
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