Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/39] NLKD - Novell Linux Kernel Debugger
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:37:22 +0000
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On Iau, 2005-11-10 at 09:48 -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> Unless the target machine is modern (2005+ era) and has no serial ports,
> nor any way to add them other than via the USB stack.

Debugger USB serial isn't hard. A micro polled USB stack is tiny (see
for example the BIOS USB in a PC). You've also get ethernet and
firewire. gdb remote has supported ethernet for years along with just
about anything else you can get a bitstream in and out of.

Alan

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