For current gdb version (has tested with 7.3 and 8.1), 'lx-version' only prints one character. (gdb) lx-version L(gdb)
This can be fixed by casting 'linux_banner' as (char *). (gdb) lx-version Linux version 4.19.0-rc1+ (changbin@acer) (gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3)) #21 SMP Sat Sep 1 21:43:30 CST 2018 Signed-off-by: Du Changbin <changbin...@gmail.com> --- scripts/gdb/linux/proc.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/proc.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/proc.py index 086d27223c0c..0aebd7565b03 100644 --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/proc.py +++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/proc.py @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class LxVersion(gdb.Command): def invoke(self, arg, from_tty): # linux_banner should contain a newline - gdb.write(gdb.parse_and_eval("linux_banner").string()) + gdb.write(gdb.parse_and_eval("(char *)linux_banner").string()) LxVersion() -- 2.17.1