Greetings KGDB experts, I upreved the patches from the 2.6.18 testing git archive and patched in the missing files from the 2.6.18 git master archive on kernel.org. Kgdboe compiles and works with a trivial breakpoint test on at least one board in ia32, x86_64, ppc32, ppc64, mips32, mips64, ARM, XScale. The current patch set is for the 2.6.21.1kernel.org kernel.
At this point we need to begin the work of merging any other contributions that are missing, as well as numerous patches I plan to submit soon for general comments. I have identified the following patches for discussion, which are not merged and were perhaps dropped during the lull in KGDB development since September 2006. For each patch we must determine if it needs to be merged for inclusion in the kernel.org mainline. The plan is to convert the source forge 2.6.21 uprev branch into a git stream before the end of May and start the process of integration into the mainline. ----- Patch for consideration #1 ----- Moved weak definitions to kernel/kgdbarchlib.c to get rid of gcc-4.1 bug. http://kgdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/kgdb/kgdb-2/core-lite.patch?r1=1.125&r2=1.126&pathrev=MAIN Contributor: Milind Dumbare ----- Patch for consideration #2 ----- RTL8139 driver change -- Not certain if this is needed with Sergie's changes... http://kgdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/kgdb/kgdb-2/eth.patch?r1=1.58&r2=1.59&pathrev=MAIN Contributor: Milind Dumbare ----- Patch for consideration #3 ----- Add ppc32 support for kgdb in arch/powerpc -- Probably need to merge this http://kgdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/kgdb/kgdb-2/powerpc-lite.patch?r1=1.6&r2=1.7&pathrev=MAIN Contributor: Milind Dumbare ---- Others for consideration ? ----- - Bob Pico posted some IA64 patches, I am happy to up merge, but I do not have an IA64 system - sh-sci.c needs an actual port from the 2.6.18 branch. I have the original patch if someone is interested. Some of the internals of this have changed so someone more familiar with this code should merge it (hopefully this person has a board to test it). - Was there any final outcome or patches to Tim Nguyen's post about SMP problems in KGDB ? http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?set=custom&viewmonth=200612&viewday=19&forum_name=kgdb-bugreport&style=flat&max_rows=25&submit=Change+View - Looks like the 9/27/06 patch from Dale Farnsworth - Does not look like it was accepted or is missing from the tree http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=kgdb-bugreport&max_rows=25&style=flat&viewmonth=200609&viewday=27 What I would ask is that we as a KGDB community decide what needs to be in an out and in the next 2 weeks so as to move forward to a git stream in kernel.org tree by the end of the month and finalize the submission to the mainline. It is entirely possible that it will be rejected the first time around due to the need to implement certain hooks in the arch platforms, but we have to start somewhere. CVS Web: http://kgdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/kgdb/kgdb-2/?pathrev=linux2_6_21_uprev CVS cmdline: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/kgdb co -r linux2_6_21_uprev kgdb-2 Thanks, Jason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Kgdb-bugreport mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kgdb-bugreport
