Re: 2.6 kgdb without serial port

Martin J. Bligh
2003-12-26T21:18:28Z

>> > > 2.6 kgdb patches in -mm tree seem to contain kgdb-over-ethernet stuff,
>> > > but still require me to fill in serial port interrupt/address. Is
>> > > there easy way to make it work without serial port? [This notebook has
>> > > none :-(].
>> >
>> > That's a bit ugly, but things should still work OK? Give it some random
>> > UART address but specify an ethernet connection at boot time - the kgdb
>> > stub should never touch the UART.
>>
>> I found out what was biting me: using 2.95 with kgdb is bad idea. 2.95
>> with kgdb means reboot just after uncompressing kernel -- pretty nasty
>> to debug. Please apply,
>
> I've been using 2.95.3 on and off for ages, no problems?

2.95.4 seems to work as well, or did last time I tried it.
Pavel, what version exactly were you using?

early_printk might help debugging, if you're interested.
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mbligh/patches/2.6.0/2.6.0-mjb1/200-early_printk

M.