2003-06-11 13:52:21

by Auge Mike

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Subject: Tracing the kernel...?

Hi all,

I really want to know how can I trace or debug the kernel and libc? Is there
any tools and utilities for that?

Yours,

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2003-06-11 14:09:10

by Olaf Dietsche

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Subject: Re: Tracing the kernel...?

"Auge Mike" <[email protected]> writes:

> I really want to know how can I trace or debug the kernel and libc? Is
> there any tools and utilities for that?

For tracing take a look at OProfile <http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/>.
For debugging see kgdb at <http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/>.

Regards, Olaf.

2003-06-11 17:14:12

by Tom Zanussi

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Subject: Re: Tracing the kernel...?

Auge Mike wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I really want to know how can I trace or debug the kernel and libc? Is there
> any tools and utilities for that?
>

For tracing, try the Linux Trace Toolkit:

http://www.opersys.com/LTT/index.html