Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:45:39 +0300 | From | Avi Kivity <> | Subject | Re: VMWare Workstation 6 for debugging Linux Kernel (!) |
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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. >
kvm's qemu has a patch that allows qemu to be an x86_64 gdbserver (with or without kvm).
-- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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