Re: [linuxsh-dev] KGDB for SH; SCI/F fixes

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* Jeremy Siegel <js...@mv...> on Thu, Feb 28, 2002:

>=20
> A couple months ago I sent an email about moving the gdb stub from sh-ipl
> into the kernel for a SW-only kgdb, and heard back from Henry Bell at ST
> Micro who was working on the same thing -- we've since exchanged some code
> and I've played around with it some more; the resulting patch is
> attached.  I'd like to add this to the CVS tree in hopes that it will help
> to have some sort of KGDB available for developers w/o sh-ipl+g or other
> debug aids; any objections?  (It is clearly far from perfect, and is not
> exhaustively tested, but I've been using it or its cousins for a while and
> it doesn't seem to break anything too horribly.)
>=20

Wow (wipes drool from face), I've been waiting for something like this for
awhile, I definitely would like to see it go in ASAP.  Heh, just last nite
Paul and I were discussing the best way to proceed debugging the current
2.5.x issues ... and here it is!  Thanks!

M. R.