On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:39:44 -0700 Jesse Barnes <jbar...@virtuousgeek.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:48:00 +0200 > Michel Dänzer <mic...@daenzer.net> wrote: > > On a side note, I did precisely that about ten years ago on my > > Amiga. :) Granted, that was using two separate framebuffer devices > > (X glint driver on top of pm2fb, debug messages on amifb), but I > > think even that case isn't possible ATM. I agree it would be nice, > > though realistically there's hardly a way around a second machine > > for graphics driver development anyway. > > Oh I know, most operating systems have reasonable debugging > facilities, and have had for a long time. Linux is the one lagging > here. > Heh, I saw "amiga" and stopped reading. So it seems Linux on x86 is the main laggard here... I know PPC has had interesting debug features for awhile now, and most arches have had kgdb for a long time. Anyway, there's plenty of work to do in this area to give Linux a decent system level debugger... -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
