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DateSat, 27 Dec 2003 11:30:30 +0100
FromPavel Machek <>
SubjectRe: 2.6 kgdb without serial port
Hi!

> > > > 2.6 kgdb patches in -mm tree seem to contain kgdb-over-ethernet stuff,
> > > > but still require me to fill in serial port interrupt/address. Is
> > > > there easy way to make it work without serial port? [This notebook has
> > > > none :-(].
> > > 
> > > That's a bit ugly, but things should still work OK?  Give it some random
> > > UART address but specify an ethernet connection at boot time - the kgdb
> > > stub should never touch the UART.
> > 
> > I found out what was biting me: using 2.95 with kgdb is bad idea. 2.95
> > with kgdb means reboot just after uncompressing kernel -- pretty nasty
> > to debug. Please apply,
> 
> I've been using 2.95.3 on and off for ages, no problems?

Strange... Okay, some details. If I use gcc-2.95.4 (from debian) by
setting GCC = gcc-2.95, it crashes very early during boot. So perhaps
it dislikes "crosscompiling" instead of specific gcc version? [I was
doing that to speed compiles up].
								Pavel		

> Spose so.  The kgdb stub really needs a serious reorganisation so that
> non-ia32 architectures can share generic things.  And general reduction of
> the patch footprint, maybe some feature removal too.   A fairly large job.

Yes, and as I need kgdb on x86-64...

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