From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2992550AbXDTLuV (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:50:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S2992557AbXDTLuV (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:50:21 -0400 Received: from nigel.suspend2.net ([203.171.70.205]:59892 "EHLO nigel.suspend2.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992550AbXDTLuU (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:50:20 -0400 Subject: Re: VMWare Workstation 6 for debugging Linux Kernel (!) From: Nigel Cunningham Reply-To: nigel@nigel.suspend2.net To: Avi Kivity Cc: Andi Kleen , Xavier Bestel , roland , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4628A7E3.5030908@qumranet.com> References: <03f401c782d4$95c323e0$eeeea8c0@aldipc> <1177058522.14404.132.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-04> <4628A7E3.5030908@qumranet.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lMtJuv3ORsScMCoB2P2g" Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:50:16 +1000 Message-Id: <1177069816.11136.21.camel@nigel.suspend2.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-lMtJuv3ORsScMCoB2P2g Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi. On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 14:45 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > Xavier Bestel writes: > > > > =20 > >> On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 00:46 +0200, roland wrote: > >> > >> =20 > >>> We just quietly added an exciting feature to Workstation 6.0. I belie= ve it=20 > >>> will make WS6 a great tool for Linux kernel development. You can now = debug=20 > >>> kernel of Linux VM with gdb running on the Host without changing anyt= hing in=20 > >>> the Guest VM. No kdb, no recompiling and no need for second machine. = All you=20 > >>> need is a single line in VM's configuration file. > >>> =20 > >> I think qemu has the exact same feature. > >> =20 > > > > It doesn't seem to work for x86-64 there though. > > =20 >=20 > kvm's qemu has a patch that allows qemu to be an x86_64 gdbserver (with > or without kvm). I was meaning that vmware wasn't working, but it is now - I was trying a 64 host and client, and needed to know both the different line in the config file and the different port number. Regards, Nigel --=-lMtJuv3ORsScMCoB2P2g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGKKj4N0y+n1M3mo0RAjykAJwLB++HXUN6ovUgFJtCqpvcsA39rQCePHbA fqKiGk51/3Rc556rrFAnGgQ= =Q5mm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lMtJuv3ORsScMCoB2P2g--