Re: VMWare Workstation 6 for debugging Linux Kernel (!)

From: Xavier Bestel
Date: Fri Apr 20 2007 - 04:42:30 EST


On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 00:46 +0200, roland wrote:

> We just quietly added an exciting feature to Workstation 6.0. I believe it
> will make WS6 a great tool for Linux kernel development. You can now debug
> kernel of Linux VM with gdb running on the Host without changing anything in
> the Guest VM. No kdb, no recompiling and no need for second machine. All you
> need is a single line in VM's configuration file.

I think qemu has the exact same feature.

Xav


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