Re: Is kernel-patch-2.4-kgdb still relevant?
On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 07:52:12PM +0200, maks attems wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > | Package: kernel-patch-2.4-kgdb (1.9-1)
> > | GDB debugging for the kernel
> > |
> > | This package provides the patches for the 2.4.23 kernel (and should
> > | apply to other nearby versions) for the i386 and powerpc architectures.
> > | It allows you to compile the kernel with debugging symbols for gdb.
> >
> > Is this package still applicable to 2.4.27 or whatever kernel will ship
> > with Sarge? If not, it should probably have a RC bug filed on it, if
> > yes, it should have an import bug filed regarding the outdated
> > description.
> >
> > Note that I'm not subscribed here, please CC me, I'm fine filing the bug
> > myself, but don't know which of the two cases it is...
>
> patches applies with some fuzz/offset to current kernel-source-2.4.27.
> didn't try to run it.
> version 1.9 is 9 month old.
>
> nevertheless people wanting to use a debugger should use -mm trees.
> akpm includes up2date kgdb patches.
> so i do not see a real value of that patch.
It seems reasonable to have a kgdb patch that works against
the kernels that will be included in sarge.
--
Horms
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