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

[Andi Kleen]

Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@xxxxxxx> writes:

> 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.

It doesn't seem to work for x86-64 there though.

AMD SimNow! and Virtutech Simics can do it too. But great the Vmware catches up.

-Andi
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