From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6 kgdb without serial port
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:30:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031227103030.GG197@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031226110851.29ce9fa5.akpm@osdl.org>
Hi!
> > > > 2.6 kgdb patches in -mm tree seem to contain kgdb-over-ethernet stuff,
> > > > but still require me to fill in serial port interrupt/address. Is
> > > > there easy way to make it work without serial port? [This notebook has
> > > > none :-(].
> > >
> > > That's a bit ugly, but things should still work OK? Give it some random
> > > UART address but specify an ethernet connection at boot time - the kgdb
> > > stub should never touch the UART.
> >
> > I found out what was biting me: using 2.95 with kgdb is bad idea. 2.95
> > with kgdb means reboot just after uncompressing kernel -- pretty nasty
> > to debug. Please apply,
>
> I've been using 2.95.3 on and off for ages, no problems?
Strange... Okay, some details. If I use gcc-2.95.4 (from debian) by
setting GCC = gcc-2.95, it crashes very early during boot. So perhaps
it dislikes "crosscompiling" instead of specific gcc version? [I was
doing that to speed compiles up].
Pavel
> Spose so. The kgdb stub really needs a serious reorganisation so that
> non-ia32 architectures can share generic things. And general reduction of
> the patch footprint, maybe some feature removal too. A fairly large job.
Yes, and as I need kgdb on x86-64...
--
When do you have a heart between your knees?
[Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-27 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-15 20:06 2.6 kgdb without serial port Pavel Machek
2003-12-16 6:34 ` Andrew Morton
2003-12-16 10:30 ` crypto-loop + highmen -> random crashes in -test11 Soeren Sonnenburg
2003-12-16 11:40 ` Andrew Morton
2003-12-18 8:30 ` Soeren Sonnenburg
2003-12-16 22:45 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-26 18:27 ` 2.6 kgdb without serial port Pavel Machek
2003-12-26 19:08 ` Andrew Morton
2003-12-26 21:18 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-12-27 10:30 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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