* Device-driver debugger on Linux ?
@ 2003-06-11 22:55 Mathur, Shobhit
2003-06-11 12:00 ` Alan Cox
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From: Mathur, Shobhit @ 2003-06-11 22:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello,
I would like to know whether there exists a device-driver debugger on
Linux like SoftIce on Windows. From the working of kgdb, I understand
that the debugging on the Target machine can happen once the code
reaches the gdbstub, which is well past the driver-initialisations.
Can some light be shed on the possiblity of such source-level debugging
?
- Would be glad to receive help
- TIA
- Shobhit Mathur
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* Re: Device-driver debugger on Linux ?
2003-06-11 22:55 Device-driver debugger on Linux ? Mathur, Shobhit
@ 2003-06-11 12:00 ` Alan Cox
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From: Alan Cox @ 2003-06-11 12:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mathur, Shobhit; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List
On Mer, 2003-06-11 at 23:55, Mathur, Shobhit wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know whether there exists a device-driver debugger on
> Linux like SoftIce on Windows. From the working of kgdb, I understand
> that the debugging on the Target machine can happen once the code
> reaches the gdbstub, which is well past the driver-initialisations.
You can invoke the kgdbstubs stuff very very early, well before device
driver setup. Also you can (and its normally easier for development)
load device drivers at run time
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