From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265139AbUBEArB (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:47:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265063AbUBEAqM (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:46:12 -0500 Received: from gprs148-146.eurotel.cz ([160.218.148.146]:28033 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265139AbUBEAkf (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:40:35 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 01:39:44 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Amit S. Kale" Subject: Re: kgdb support in vanilla 2.6.2 Message-ID: <20040205003944.GB8768@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20040204230133.GA8702@elf.ucw.cz> <20040204152137.500e8319.akpm@osdl.org> <402182B8.7030900@timesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <402182B8.7030900@timesys.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >I wouldn't support inclusion of i386 kgdb until it has had a lot of > >cleanup, possible de-featuritisification and some thought has been applied > >to splitting it into arch and generic bits. It's quite a lot of work. > > Amit has started at least the third activity--he has split much of kgdb > into arch and generic bits. > > Could you elaborate a little on the first two? > > What major kinds of cleanup are we talking about? Style issues? > > What features (or classes of features) do you find excessive? Would > it be sufficient to add a few config items to control subfeatures > of kgdb? > > These are not idle questions. If the amount of work to get it ready > for acceptance is tractable, I know a company that may be willing to > pay to have the work done. Well, I guess I know two more such companies. Seems like everyone and their aunt want kgdb these days :-). Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]