From: Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels?
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:40:31 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2003.08.13.04.40.27.59654@sourcefrog.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3smp3y38y.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:43:57 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> KDB is usually not useful for debugging hangs on desktop boxes (and even
> many servers) because you have usually X running. When the machine crashes
> and goes in KDB you cannot see the text output and debug anything. I
> learned to type "go<return>" blind when I had still an KDB aware kernel,
> but it's not very useful overall.
Perhaps in the case where the console is on a vt, kdb could try to
switch to the right vc before presenting its prompt? I realize calling into
the vc code might be risky but it seems like there's not much to lose.
(If you do have a bug in say the agp driver then you need a serial
console...) If it works, you'll be able to debug and continue.
It could even set the colors to white on blue. :-)
--
Martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-13 4:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <aJIn.3mj.15@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-07-18 20:43 ` KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels? Andi Kleen
2003-07-19 0:31 ` linas
2003-07-19 0:57 ` Andi Kleen
2003-07-20 12:55 ` Keith Owens
2003-07-20 13:31 ` David S. Miller
2003-07-20 22:27 ` Keith Owens
2003-07-21 15:06 ` Andi Kleen
2003-07-29 19:44 ` Robin Holt
2003-08-13 4:40 ` Martin Pool [this message]
2003-08-13 11:04 ` Andi Kleen
2003-08-25 12:16 ` Greg Stark
2003-08-25 16:23 ` Andi Kleen
2003-08-26 13:39 ` Greg Stark
2003-08-27 13:49 ` Alan Cox
2003-08-30 10:35 ` Pavel Machek
2003-09-02 20:40 Tolentino, Matthew E
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2003-08-28 17:08 Tolentino, Matthew E
2003-08-28 20:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-18 20:06 linas
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