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SubjectRe: how to interactively break gdb debugging kernel over serial?
David Wuertele wrote:
>>>I'm debugging the kernel with gdb over a serial port. Breakpoints and
>>>stepping through code works great, except for the fact that once the
>>>kernel is running, I can't seem to use Control-C to stop it. Is there
>>>a keypress or other interactive way to break a running kernel?
>>>Thanks,
>>>Dave
>
>
> george> There are a great number of kgdb patches in the wild. You
> george> would help us out a lot if you were to name the one you are
> george> using.
>
> Here's the output from gdb --version:
>
> GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (5.1.90CVS-5)
> Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux".
>
> Does that help?

NO :( It is the KGDB patch that you are using that is of interest
here, not the gdb program.

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George Anzinger george@mvista.com
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