On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 11:15:52PM +0400, Vitaly Wool wrote: > On 9/8/06, Tom Rini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >When do you want KGDB compiled in, but not usable? Trying to debug a > >module, and building the module with debug info, but not the kernel > >itself? > > Well, that's one of the options. The other thing is, as Kevin Hilman > states. there might be some cases in which a bug 'disappears' when the > kernel is compiled with -g.
I know that used to be a problem, but is that still a concern? If so, a big enough concern to make it easy to get things wrong in other cases? > BTW, why do you say that KGDB is not usable when debug info is not > compiled in? You can still set a breakpoint and watch the variables > etc. etc... Er, unless I'm missing something, you have to do that by manually setting breakpoints/etc at the address, rather than symbolic names. Which, IMHO, is a bit hard core :) -- Tom Rini ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Kgdb-bugreport mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kgdb-bugreport
