Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Make a "gdb" dprintf that tells us load addresses

[Robbie Harwood <rharwood@redhat.com>]

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Daniel Kiper <dkiper@net-space.pl> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 02:22:07PM -0400, Robbie Harwood wrote:
>> From: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
>>
>> Add a grub_dprintf() call during platform init and during module loading
>> that tells us the virtual addresses of the .text and .data sections of
>> grub-core/kernel.exec and any modules it loads.
>>
>> Specifically, it displays them in the gdb "add-symbol-file" syntax, with
>> the presumption that there's a variable $grubdir that reflects the path
>> to any such binaries.
>
> Could you tell us why this thing has to be displayed as a part of debug
> messages? Could you create a separate command which would do the same?

I don't follow what you're suggesting.  It's debug output and gdb is a
debugger.  What would you have it do instead?

Be well,
--Robbie

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