Messages in this thread | | | From | Billy Rose <> | Subject | Re: kernel mode console | Date | Thu, 4 Mar 2004 18:58:45 -0600 |
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On Wednesday 03 March 2004 10:12 pm, Krishnakumar. R wrote: > Hi, > > > set up a remote debug session just to poke around in the kernel. > > Remote debug setup is complex and often fragile. > > There is framework called "Kprobes" available, which may > be of use in the cases were remote debugging is a no-no. > > After you have applied the kprobes patch, you can put probes > at different portions of the kernel and can dump registers > variables etc. > > More details can be found at > http://www-124.ibm.com/linux/projects/kprobes. > > > Regards, > KK.
i think perhaps i need to expound upon what i have a vision of. a kernel mode console is just that: a console designed to run in kernel mode. it could have built in commands to allow for quick and dirty examination of stuff (anything really, like memory dumps) and a command processor for scripted stuff, but the true power of it comes in when you issue a command that is not internal to the console. it could run a special debugger, an application that installs a probe, a memory monitor, etc., etc. in short it is not a debugger per-say, but a "god mode" console for the linux kernel. that is what i had a vision of. the executables it would run would necessarily be compiled for that. again, i ask is that worth the time coding it? -- . ~billyrose/make - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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