Re: [Linux-ia64] kdb v1.7 for IA64 is available

[David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>]

>>>>> On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 13:34:57 +1100, Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> said:

  Keith> SGI's version of kdb was redesigned some months ago to better handle
  Keith> SMP, as well as recursion and debugging of kdb itself.  Unless David
  Keith> Mosberger or Stephane Eranian have any objections[*], SGI will take
  Keith> over kdb for IA64 again.

No objections from our side.  Stephane took over only because the
original code was orphaned and we needed a working kdb...

  Keith> [*] Yes David, I _will_ remove the switch_stack change.

Great!  This is the one reason why I'm _not_ using the current version
of Keith's patch.  It modifies the switch stack structure, which is
about as fundamental a data structure as you get in the kernel.  I
don't believe this directly affects kernel functionality in any known
ways, but there is always a risk it could do so in unknown
ways---which isn't ideal when trying to track down a problem...

However, since Keith agreed to fix this in the next version, this
issue will be moot soon and then I, too, will get to enjoy the new
features. ;-)

	--david