Announce: kdb v4.4 is available for kernel 2.6.14

Keith Owens
2005-10-28T07:29:43Z

KDB (Linux Kernel Debugger) has been updated for kernel 2.6.14.

ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4/
ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/mirrors/oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4/

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Current versions are :-

kdb-v4.4-2.6.14-common-1.bz2
kdb-v4.4-2.6.14-i386-1.bz2
kdb-v4.4-2.6.14-ia64-1.bz2

The register display (rd, r) and register modify (rm) commands now work
for tasks that were running when MCA/INIT was delivered.

There is a small change in the behaviour of rd/rm after you use the
pid, btt, btp and btc commands. I recommend that you read the rd and
bt man pages in Documentation/kdb, pay attention to KDB's notion of the
"current task" when working with registers.

Changelog extract since kdb-v4.4-2.6.13-common-1.

2005-10-28 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-common-1.

2005-10-21 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc5-common-1.

2005-10-11 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Handle removal of USB keyboard. Aaron Young, SGI.
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc4-common-1.

2005-10-05 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Extend kdb_notifier_list() codes to include dumping.
* Use emergency_restart() for reboot, it can be called from interrupt
context, unlike machine_restart().
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc3-common-1.

2005-09-21 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Support kdb_current_task in register display and modify commands.
* Document what changes kdb's notion of the current task.
* Update rd documentation for IA64.
* Move some definictions to kdbprivate.h and remove some unused symbol
exports.
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc2-common-1.

2005-09-20 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Document IA64 handlers command.
* Add more fields to the task command.
* Cope with MCA/INIT handlers in the ps command.
* Namespace cleanup, delete unused exports, make some functions static.
* Add a kdb_notifier_list callback when kdb is about to reboot the
system.
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc1-common-1.

Changelog extract since kdb-v4.4-2.6.13-i386-1.

2005-10-28 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-i386-1.

2005-10-21 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc5-i386-1.

2005-10-11 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc4-i386-1.

2005-10-04 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc3-i386-1.

2005-09-21 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Support kdb_current_task in register display and modify commands.
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc2-i386-1.

2005-09-20 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Remove use of __STDC_VERSION__ in ansidecl.h.
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc1-i386-1.

Changelog extract since kdb v4.4-2.6.13-ia64-1.

2005-10-28 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-ia64-1.

2005-10-21 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc5-ia64-1.

2005-10-11 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Handle removal of USB keyboard. Aaron Young, SGI
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc4-ia64-1.

2005-10-04 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc3-ia64-1.

2005-09-21 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Support kdb_current_task in register display and modify commands.
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc2-ia64-1.

2005-09-20 Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>

* Coexist with kprobes.
* Coexist with MCA/INIT rewrite.
* Add KDB_ENTER_SLAVE to handle concurrent entry to kdb from multiple
cpus.
* Add handlers command to control whether the MCA/INIT task or the
original task is displayed.
* Namespace clean up, remove unused kdba_sw_interrupt.
* kdb v4.4-2.6.14-rc1-ia64-1.

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