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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-26 11:24:23 +0400 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-26 11:24:23 +0400 |
| commit | 9a13150109fb418c50fa400c012f90d0ce6f67c3 (patch) | |
| tree | 237d8ee3b8b87984776b5aa0f05b92f84d372a1d /Documentation | |
| parent | 3ccf79f4570acacfefc51772e8f9207895b35ad7 (diff) | |
| parent | 543cf4cb3fe6f6cae3651ba918b9c56200b257d0 (diff) | |
| download | linux-9a13150109fb418c50fa400c012f90d0ce6f67c3.tar.xz | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.26-rc8' into core/rcu
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 20 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 028a8444d95e..e8acd1f03456 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ runs an instance of gdb against the vmlinux file which contains the symbols (not boot image such as bzImage, zImage, uImage...). In gdb the developer specifies the connection parameters and - connects to kgdb. Depending on which kgdb I/O modules exist in - the kernel for a given architecture, it may be possible to debug - the test machine's kernel with the development machine using a - rs232 or ethernet connection. + connects to kgdb. The type of connection a developer makes with + gdb depends on the availability of kgdb I/O modules compiled as + builtin's or kernel modules in the test machine's kernel. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="CompilingAKernel"> @@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ </para> <para> IMPORTANT NOTE: Using this option with kgdb over the console - (kgdboc) or kgdb over ethernet (kgdboe) is not supported. + (kgdboc) is not supported. </para> </sect1> </chapter> @@ -249,18 +248,11 @@ (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0 </programlisting> <para> - Example (kgdb to a terminal server): + Example (kgdb to a terminal server on tcp port 2012): </para> <programlisting> % gdb ./vmlinux - (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443 - </programlisting> - <para> - Example (kgdb over ethernet): - </para> - <programlisting> - % gdb ./vmlinux - (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443 + (gdb) target remote 192.168.2.2:2012 </programlisting> <para> Once connected, you can debug a kernel the way you would debug an |