Re: [Xen-devel] how to debug xen itself?

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 11:00:32AM +0000, Tim Deegan wrote:
> At 12:14 +0330 on 27 Dec (1324988042), Mohamad Rezaei wrote:
> > On 12/25/2011 03:49 PM, Mohamad Rezaei wrote:
> > > hi,
> > > 
> > > I am trying to debug xen hypervisor through gdb, and its kgdb. I have
> > > compiled xen with these options: --> make debug=y optimize=0
> > > crash_debug=y CMDLINE="console=com1 gdb=com1 earlygdb=y" -j8
> > > 
> > > I was expecting xen to stop, and wait for my gdb connection through
> > > serial port, but it boots up flawlessly. I am not sure what is my
> > > problem. Should I do something other than that.
> > > 
> > > I am doing this because I want to use debugger to get better view of xen
> > > internals.
> > > 
> > Can someone just let me know if I am doing something wrong?
> 
> You asked your question on Christmas Day - most people in Europe and the
> USA are on holiday, so you shouldn't expect an answer to your question.
> 
> I don't use the gdb debugger so I can't help you; I don't think many
> people do, so you may en up debugging the debugger yourself. 
> 

Some google-hits:

"[Xen-devel] Debugging XEN Hypervisor":
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-10/msg00328.html

"[Xen-devel] Debugging XEN Hypervisor":
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-09/msg01064.html

"[Xen-devel] kdb does not support XEN?":
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-12/msg01519.html


Hopefully those help..

-- Pasi


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