Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:32:07 -0600 (MDT) | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Kernel Debugger | From | jmerkey@wolfmoun ... |
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> On Wednesday 06 August 2008 01:19, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote: >> > On Wednesday 06 August 2008 01:02, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com >> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote: >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- >> >> > geert@linux-m68k.org >> >> >> >> No I was not, but I am now. At any rate, I removed the >> Microsoft-isms >> >> from the code. I can cut yet another patch for git6, but git5 was >> there >> >> -- GPL2 and all. How about putting in into the kernel guys -- :-) >> > >> > Seriously? Because it doesn't seem to have had enough peer review, >> > it hasn't had widespread testing in somewhere like linux-next or >> > -mm, and we already have kgdb so you have to also explain why you >> > can't improve kgdb in the areas it trails mdb. >> >> If you go back to LKML from 2000, this debugger has been around for 10 >> years. I agree not in the hands of the public, but its very mature >> in comparison to kdb or kgdb. > > OK I don't doubt that at all, but I just mean in terms of being reviewed > by Linux people and how it merges with the current kernel (eg. we now > have a debugger, which was unthinkable in 2000 :)). > > >> > But the ideal outcome would be if you could contribute patches to >> > kgdb to the point where it is as good as mdb. It is already in the >> > tree and supported by a handful of architectures... any chance of >> > that? (I don't know kernel debugger code, so I ask as an interested >> > user) >> >> I plan to work on kdb and yes, there is a version of this that runs >> as an alternate debugger of kdb - you can even switch back and forth >> between them - but that misses the point as well. >> >> I can wait untl its more widespread -- or not. > > That would be great if you do work on kgdb... But I guess I do miss > the point, then. Is there a technical difference with kgdb that cannot > be worked around, a difference of opinion with maintainers, a wish to > have mdb features at short notice?
Nick, its OK. There have been 27,453 downloads of the patches from my ftp server since yesterday when I osted it -- from what I am seeing people are voting with their feet. People can get it and I even posted it t SourceForge as well. After ten years of working on Linux I thougt it would be nice for something I wrote to end up there. It will happen when its time. As it stands, people are using it and it is going to help a lot of folks, which is what this is all about.
:-)
Jeff >
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