Hi Christoph, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > But kgdb traditionally was more than just a simple gdb stub and > contained hooks all over the place for additional functionality. > I don't think all this is a good idea and I'd be against it. > > I'd be really happy to see a common gdb stub with small arch support > that allows attaching gdb to the kernel through various transports. > > Maybe someone is up to do just that? Even the full blown kgdb with > all the hooks would benefit from having the gdb stub already in, > so maybe I could motivate some kgdb developers to do that work?
For sure, every small step forward will help. Maybe you could have a look at current kgdb.git at kernel.org and comment on what you would like to see in a first submission round, what kind of hooks, specifically regarding the core, are not yet in an acceptable state, and so forth. We will listen. TiA, Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT SE 2 Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/