Re: [PATCH] align gdbstub with QEMU

Jan Kiszka
2007-12-14T14:27:25Z

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> 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.

OK, great.

BTW, are there plans to merge the kvm branch into qemu at some point and
continue development unitedly with the qemu people?

Jan

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