Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755499AbYHGRqT (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:46:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750901AbYHGRqF (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:46:05 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:54965 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751196AbYHGRqE (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:46:04 -0400 Message-ID: <489B34BA.4060300@linux-foundation.org> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:45:30 -0500 From: Christoph Lameter User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Piggin CC: Andi Kleen , jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com, Geert Uytterhoeven , Stefan Richter , Josh Boyer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Kernel Debugger References: <17494.166.70.238.46.1217784156.squirrel@webmail.wolfmountaingroup.com> <200808060133.10457.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> <87r6926dsr.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <200808061550.22996.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200808061550.22996.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 690 Lines: 16 Nick Piggin wrote: > OK thanks for the info. I don't actually know debugger code as I > said, so I wasn't against merging mdb if it offers things that > kgdb fundamentally cannot. > > If so, then ensuring clean interfaces indeed would seem like a > good first step to getting it merged. The competing implementation is kdb not kgdb. kgdb is just a stub for remote debugging using gdb. kdb is an in-kernel debugger like the one proposed here. -- 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/