Re: State of kgdb on x86-64

[Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>]

It was working at the point that I tested it with the 2.6.24-rc5 on
x86_64.  However I suspect my kernel config may differ drastically from
what you are using.

Without any other context provided than the generic message, it is hard
to know what might have happened. 

Jason.

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> what is the state of the kgbd git repos? What should work, what might be
> broken?
>
> I'm asking as today I tried to get kgdb up and running on a 4-way x86-64
> Xeon box with both 2.6.24-rc6 and -rc7. Once kgdb is enabled in .config,
> the boot stops early with this panic:
>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
> May I have more success with 2.6.23? Was x86-64 tested and found working
> once? I can dig deeper into the above issue, but before starting
> blindly, I would like to asses if there could be more issues ahead on
> this arch.
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>
>