From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf.dietsche--list.linux-kernel@exmail.de>
To: HGadi@ecutel.com (Hari Gadi)
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: module (kernel) debugging
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 00:46:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87663pmqm8.fsf@tigram.bogus.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16oBVq-0006Z6-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
>> I am new to kernel level development. What are the best ways to debug runtime
>> kernel (module).
>
> Your brain 8)
I can confirm this :-).
>> Are there any third party tools for debugging the kernel.
A _first_ party tool, which comes to my mind is:
printk(KERN_DEBUG "whatever\n");
The advantage with printk() is, others can test and debug your module
as well and report results to you.
Regards, Olaf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-21 23:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-21 22:15 module (kernel) debugging Hari Gadi
2002-03-21 22:58 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-21 23:30 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-03-21 23:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-03-22 0:33 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-03-22 0:33 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-03-22 0:40 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-03-21 23:46 ` Olaf Dietsche [this message]
2002-03-22 0:08 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-03-22 6:36 ` Amit S. Kale
2002-03-22 6:54 ` Andrew Morton
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2002-03-22 1:26 ` Andi Kleen
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2002-03-25 6:48 Rick A. Hohensee
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