Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:28:12 -0700 | From | Jesse Barnes <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] drm: previous pull req + 1. |
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:39:44 -0700 Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:48:00 +0200 > Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net> wrote: > > On a side note, I did precisely that about ten years ago on my > > Amiga. :) Granted, that was using two separate framebuffer devices > > (X glint driver on top of pm2fb, debug messages on amifb), but I > > think even that case isn't possible ATM. I agree it would be nice, > > though realistically there's hardly a way around a second machine > > for graphics driver development anyway. > > Oh I know, most operating systems have reasonable debugging > facilities, and have had for a long time. Linux is the one lagging > here. > Heh, I saw "amiga" and stopped reading. So it seems Linux on x86 is the main laggard here... I know PPC has had interesting debug features for awhile now, and most arches have had kgdb for a long time. Anyway, there's plenty of work to do in this area to give Linux a decent system level debugger...
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