Re: lan based kgdb

[yodaiken@fsmlabs.com]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:59:32PM +0100, Stelian Pop wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:51:11PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> > > Using USB instead of the serial line or the network card would be
> > > the best IMHO, because:
> > 
> > Here is the kgdb stub's "send a byte" function:
> > 
> > static void
> > write_char(int chr)
> > {
> >        while (!(inb(gdb_port + UART_LSR) & UART_LSR_THRE)) ;
> > 
> >        outb(chr, gdb_port + UART_TX);
> > }
> > 
> > Need I say more?
> 
> I already know that, but this is not the point. The point is that
> more and more boxes have no serial (or paralel) ports. 
> 
> But even on those boxes, sometimes I'd just love to be able to use
> kgdb. And I can't.
> 
> Ok, it will have to be at a higher level than the inb/outb serial
> transport implementation (with possible bad effects on what can
> and what cannot be debugged), but still, I feel there is a need
> for that.

> USB (with USB-to-serial adapter), network, ieee1394 would be 
> acceptable replacements for me.

Have you ever looked at a USB or 1394 driver? The nice thing about
serial is that the software to make it work is trivial. A debugger that 
relies on a 5000 line driver is quite suspect.

> 

> 
> Stelian.
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