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SubjectRe: VMWare Workstation 6 for debugging Linux Kernel (!)
Andi Kleen wrote:
> Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 00:46 +0200, roland wrote:
>>
>>> We just quietly added an exciting feature to Workstation 6.0. I believe it
>>> will make WS6 a great tool for Linux kernel development. You can now debug
>>> kernel of Linux VM with gdb running on the Host without changing anything in
>>> the Guest VM. No kdb, no recompiling and no need for second machine. All you
>>> need is a single line in VM's configuration file.
>> I think qemu has the exact same feature.
>
> It doesn't seem to work for x86-64 there though.

Hello,

Do you mean with qemu or with VMware? Yes, we do not support replay
with 64bit guests, but debug interface should just work. Only gotcha is
that for 64bit guest you need another option:

debugStub.listen.guest64 = "TRUE"

and then you need to attach gdb to port 8864 (*). Unfortunately it does
not seem possible to build gdb which would support 16bit/32bit code
while using 64bit gdb on-wire format, so there are two interfaces. And
if you single-step switch from 64bit mode to 32bit mode or back, you
also have to switch gdbs. Yes, it is a bit unintuitive, and
additionally one gdb silently ignores breakpoints set up by other gdb,
so you need to keep breakpoints in sync between two gdbs yourself :-(

(*) If you are using gdb which has both 32bit and 64bit support, be sure
to issue appropriate 'set architecture xxx' before 'target remote
localhost:88xx' (i386:x86-64 for port 8864, i386 or i8086 for port
8832). Otherwise gdb is going to die complaining it could not parse
remote reply.

Best regards,
Petr Vandrovec

P.S.: Yes, I'm associated with VMware.
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