Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:49:41 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Split kgdb into "lite" and "normal" parts |
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Hi!
> > > > > > Tested (core-lite.patch + i386-lite.patch + 8250.patch) combination. > > > > > > Looks good. > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's first check this in and then do more cleanups. > > > > > > Tom, does it sound ok? > > > > > > > > > > This sounds fine to me. Pavel, I'm guessing you did this with quilt, > > > > > could you provide some pointers on how to replicate this in the future? > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, I done it by hand :-(. But if -lite parts are not > > > > merged, soon, I'll be forced to start using quilt. Doing stuff by hand > > > > is quite painfull... > > > > > > There's still a whole bunch of bogons in the -lite patch still, so I > > > don't think it should be merged yet. > > > > Well, it seems to contains a *lot* less bogons than what currently is > > in -mm series. > > > > What big problems do you see? It does not yet use weak symbols, but I > > do not think that's a serious problem. What else? > > The first two big ones are: > - Doesn't like gdb 6.0 (You cannot assume the first packet is Hc...) > - Wierdities with kgdb_killed_or_detached / kgdb_might_be_resumed > (both can die). > - Issues w/ handling 'D' and 'k' packets cleaner (and I think there was > a correctness fix in there, too, but it was a while ago). > - Don't ACK packets sitting on the line
Okay, these look important but probably only touch core-lite, right? So it should be easy to merge. Can you generate diff?
I'll try to import kgdb into quilt to make working with it easier. [But don't expect miracles.]
> - All of the function pointer games (of which the weak symbols, but not > all of them) are a part of. > - kgdb_schedule/process_breakpoint, required for kgdboe, harmless to use > on serial.
> There's still a lot of stuff I checked into linux-2.6-kgdb that's > non-trivially important > (http://ppc.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6-kgdb/ChangeSet@-4w?nav=index.html)
Hmm, I'm not allowed to use bt :-(.
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