From: j.neuschaefer@gmx.net (Jonathan Neuschäfer)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Debugging a custom kernel
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:42:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110629204231.GC1510@debian.debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110629201441.GF5604@hermes>
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:14:41PM +0200, Apelete Seketeli wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working on a custom kernel, and I would like to add the necessary
> support to enable it to boot with qemu. In order to achieve that I am
> trying to debug it inside qemu by attaching a gdb to it. I still can't
> figure where the boot process is getting stuck with step-by-step
> execution, but it seems that the last function called is "delay_loop"
> from arch/x86/lib/delay.c.
> That function contains some assembly code, does someone know what it
> is supposed to do ?
> Beside, do you have any advice on the way I should proceed to get the
> necessary information to port the kernel ?
Does a stock kernel work in your setup?
If so, try using its config, most distributions put it into /boot as
config-`uname -r` or something.
HTH,
Jonathan Neusch?fer
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-29 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-29 20:14 Debugging a custom kernel Apelete Seketeli
2011-06-29 16:41 ` Christopher Harvey
2011-06-29 21:27 ` Apelete Seketeli
2011-06-30 13:12 ` Christopher Harvey
2011-06-29 20:42 ` Jonathan Neuschäfer [this message]
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