From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756264AbYBIRia (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:38:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753942AbYBIRiX (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:38:23 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:53758 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754165AbYBIRiX (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:38:23 -0500 Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:38:22 -0500 From: Christoph Hellwig To: jason.wessel@windriver.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] kgdb 2.6.25 version Message-ID: <20080209173822.GA19519@infradead.org> References: <1202564114-18587-1-git-send-email-jason.wessel@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1202564114-18587-1-git-send-email-jason.wessel@windriver.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 07:35:06AM -0600, jason.wessel@windriver.com wrote: > Per reqest on lkml, here are the individual kgdb patches > targeted at 2.6.25. > > The kgdb tree has been collapsed review. It includes > the kgdb core, the x86 arch, the kgdb8250 uart driver > and the kgdb console sharing driver. > > Since the last time the kgdb patches were posted to LKML > several months ago, the kgdb core has undergone some > significant cleanup, as well as the kgdb I/O driver > interface. > > All the kgdb hooks are initialized dynamically only when a > kgdb I/O module is configured. When not configured > kgdb will not exist in any kernel execution path. > > Further comments, questions and patches are certainly > welcome. I think this looks a lot nicer than all the kgdb patches I've seen before. Of course I'd really love to see support for ethernet using netpoll and/or firewire eventually, but keeping things simple for now is good.