Re: [PATCH v4 00/13] Add gdb python scripts as kernel debugging helpers

Jan Kiszka
2013-01-22T08:45:16Z

On 2013-01-21 23:15, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>
>> o Install that kernel on the guest
>
> If you use a static kernel you can also do
>
> - copy the initrd out of the guest once
>
> qemu... -bzImage kernel -initrd initrd

-kernel/append/initrd, of course.

>
> This saves the step of getting the kernel into the kernel.
> Doesn't work with modules unfortunately.

True. An alternative can be nfsroot. Or root on virtfs.

Jan

--
Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SDP-DE
Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux