Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762285AbYHERAS (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:00:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757037AbYHERAG (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:00:06 -0400 Received: from 166-70-238-42.ip.xmission.com ([166.70.238.42]:42429 "EHLO ns1.wolfmountaingroup.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755241AbYHERAF (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:00:05 -0400 Message-ID: <2364.69.2.248.210.1217954354.squirrel@webmail.wolfmountaingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <48987A24.3060000@nortel.com> References: <17494.166.70.238.46.1217784156.squirrel@webmail.wolfmountaingroup.com> <33030.166.70.238.45.1217948565.squirrel@webmail.wolfmountaingroup.com> <200808060133.10457.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> <44919.166.70.238.45.1217949560.squirrel@webmail.wolfmountaingroup.com> <48987A24.3060000@nortel.com> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:39:14 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Kernel Debugger From: jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com To: "Chris Friesen" Cc: jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com, "Nick Piggin" , "Geert Uytterhoeven" , "Stefan Richter" , "Josh Boyer" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 941 Lines: 31 > jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote: > >> If you go back to LKML from 2000, this debugger has been around for 10 >> years. I agree not in the hands of the public, but its very mature >> in comparison to kdb or kgdb. > > Without public use, it's difficult to determine that there aren't any > nasty interactions. > > If you want to maximize your chances of getting this code into the > kernel, you might want to read Jonathan Corbet's post, "[PATCH] A > development process document, V2". It discusses the normal process, how > to prepare patches for submission, etc. > > Chris > Read it already. Quite a few large companies are using it at present and have been since 2000, BTW. Jeff -- 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/