From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763591AbZEHVuT (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 17:50:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755521AbZEHVuE (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 17:50:04 -0400 Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.187]:36647 "EHLO fk-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753983AbZEHVuD (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 17:50:03 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=aK42dNynRHXcDpJPBp6SVLe/tptoSjb5j4JX71vUAgm8CUJkd4AYT2Tahd1nmKdGA8 9LPFTdyfD82OUrKka90RViA8X2Yp7a6ueMMYZcYiv7KkxnOh9PEpVl8lB0/uc9vxfVEq YcAApHe++vbWx/cAc3P1PGC1gDjEuIV6gJr2U= Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/13] RFC ONLY - kdb for kgdb From: Maxim Levitsky To: Jason Wessel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net, kdb@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <1241817800-9320-1-git-send-email-jason.wessel@windriver.com> References: <1241817800-9320-1-git-send-email-jason.wessel@windriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 00:49:56 +0300 Message-Id: <1241819396.4735.2.camel@maxim-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 16:23 -0500, Jason Wessel wrote: > This patch series is a request for comments on several levels. > > 1) Do people find kdb useful? (See * and **) > 2) Would kdb folks be willing to use it if it was a front end to kgdb? > 3) Does kdb have a future in the mainline kernel? > 4) Is this a reasonable approach to have some level of > unification to end up with a more robust kernel debugger? > > * This is not meant to be a religious war > I am just a ordinary user of linux, but I want to say that I enjoyed the kdb back when I used it. I really would like to see that in kernel. But it would be even better to see a kdb over ethernet first (I have no serial port in my notebook....) Best regards, Maxim Levitsky