Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262517AbUCCRJM (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:09:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262523AbUCCRJM (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:09:12 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:42402 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262517AbUCCRJI (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:09:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:09:07 -0600 From: Matt Mackall To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel mode console Message-ID: <20040303170907.GG3883@waste.org> References: <200403022152.06950.billyrose@cox-internet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1124 Lines: 25 On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 03:57:24AM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: <200403022152.06950.billyrose@cox-internet.com> > By author: Billy Rose > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > i have some bandwidth i can dedicate to writting a kernel module that provides > > a command interpreter running in kernel space (think of it as the god mode > > console in quake). the purpose for this would be primarily aimed at the > > kernel developers so they can reach in and grab variables, dump certain > > sections of memory, walk memory, dump code segments, dump processes > > (including the kernel data structures for them), anything else i/you can > > think of. is this a waste of time, or would that get used? > > > > Google(kgdb). Or kdb for that matter. -- Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : Linux development and consulting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/