Re: [PATCH] align gdbstub with QEMU

Avi Kivity
2007-12-14T14:18:50Z

> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>
>> We've noticed some problems with current gdbstub in kvm's qemu:
>>
>> # qemu-system-x86_64 -hda myimage -S -s &
>> # gdb
>> (gdb) tar re :1234
>> Remote debugging using :1234
>> Remote 'g' packet reply is too long:
>> 000000000000000000000000000000000000[...]
>>
>> This issue did not occur with QEMU from CVS. As I was aware of an
>> x86_64-related problem in QEMU's gdbstub, I merged its current state
>> into kvm - and things start to work again. Find the update patch below.
>>
>
> Any feedback on this? Any chance to see this patch (or some similar
> version) in kvm-57?
>
>

Sorry for the non-response. I am hoping to get qemu-cvs merged for
kvm-57, which will naturally include this. If that doesn't work out
(i.e. we discover regressions), and if this is important for you, I will
apply the patch.

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