Re: [discuss] Re: kgdb for x86_64 2.6 kernels

From: Randy.Dunlap
Date: Fri Jan 16 2004 - 13:10:05 EST


On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:15:10 -0600 Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:52:17AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
| > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 12:36:58AM -0800, George Anzinger wrote:
| > > Now that is interesting. As I read it, the debug port is programed the
| > > same way in all the USB chips (given it exists at all). AND it is much
| >
| > Yep, it's not PIO, but polled MMIO. Sorry for spreading misinformation.
| >
| > > easier to use. Anyone care to put together a polling driver that makes it
| > > look like RS232 on the host end given that we use a controller to
| > > controller cable?
| >
| > I suspect all laptop users with kernel bugs will admire whoever does that ;-)
|
| I've been thinking about doing this, may get around to it eventually.
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I'd like to help also, but I don't have ICH4 or other usb-debug
hardware AFAIK.

--
~Randy
Everything is relative.
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