[Kgdb-bugreport] Re: Help for kgdb

[Amit S. K. <ami...@li...>]

On Thursday 30 Sep 2004 7:47 pm, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 10:56:21AM -0700, George Anzinger wrote:
> > IMHO, any and ALL documentation of that sort should be in the
> > Documentation branch of the kernel tree once the patch is applied. 
> > Likewise a
>
> It's a good thing we've been doing that, then.  :)  Right now we've got
> a mini-HOWTO and code documentation done in DocBook.
>
> > recommended .gdbinit file, which would do the required set up.  Mine also
>
> What required setup?  'target remote /dev/ttyS0' (or udp:ip:port) and go.
>
> Having said that, I wouldn't mind some sample GDB macros.  Patches to
> the DocBook file are welcome.  ... and once it is in the kernel, it's
> just another part of 'make *docs' of course.
>
> [snip]
>
> > As to the gdb changes, the key issue in my mind is acceptance by the gdb
> > folks.
>
> Yes.  Amit, any news on this front (such as you've submitted it or will
> in a few days) ?

I have checked in some gdb code today. I'll need to do a few more changes. 
I'll submit it to gdb folks by end of next week.

-Amit