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

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