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Re: kernel crash log



Arun, i have a small question.

How is kdb different from running gdb on an 'active' kernel ?
I know kdb is an SGI addition (i think), but i havent ever used it,
being content with gdb. What does it provide, that gdb'ing doesnt.

Regards,
Amit

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Arun Sharma wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 08:24:05PM +0530, Pankaj Kr Rathore wrote:
> > Hi,
> > While loading a kernel module, my linux mc crashes.
> > But after rebooting, /var/log/messages doesnot contain the crash
> > info. Could somebody help here please...
> 
> If you can, always run with the kernel debugger compiled into the
> kernel. In Linux land, this means patching the kernel (though I
> suspect that some distros would be shipping with kdb enabled kernel).
> 
> In the FreeBSD land, whenever there is a panic, it drops into the
> debugger (provided the kernel was compile d with the DDB option on)
> and I can look at the back trace and report a bug.
> 
> 	-Arun

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