Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Device-driver debugger on Linux ? | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 11 Jun 2003 13:00:58 +0100 |
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On Mer, 2003-06-11 at 23:55, Mathur, Shobhit wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know whether there exists a device-driver debugger on > Linux like SoftIce on Windows. From the working of kgdb, I understand > that the debugging on the Target machine can happen once the code > reaches the gdbstub, which is well past the driver-initialisations.
You can invoke the kgdbstubs stuff very very early, well before device driver setup. Also you can (and its normally easier for development) load device drivers at run time
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