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To: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC][PATCH] Crash-utility, tracing: enable crash to analyze tracing from core-file (make tracing can act as a flight recorder)
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:52:28 +0200
In-Reply-To: <4A773EBD.3050707@windriver.com> (Jason Wessel's message of "Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:47:09 -0500")
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Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> writes:
>
> In no particular order, tracing, kernel probes, profiling data display,
> kdump, disassembly and kernel mode setting were some of the pieces that
> are on the wish list for integration with the kdb prototype.  Kernel
> mode setting is presently the highest priority on the wish list for a
> new feature.

I suspect for a lot of people the highest priority issue would be
a polled USB keybord driver. Or do you plan to use the one from
old kdb (iirc it was pretty crufty)

No i don't plan to contribute that. When I use debuggers I prefer
source level.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.