Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Sep 2000 08:12:25 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux |
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > > > Ingo, > > > > > > KDB is a user mode debugger designed to debug user space apps that's > > > been hacked to run with a driver. It's not designed as a kernel level > > > debugger and in real world situations has tons of shortcomings period. > > > > ?!? KDB is a minimalist kernel mode debugger written at SGI. > > Mike, > > I've used it. It's better than stone knives and bearskins, but for > tough problems (like busted hardware or malfunctioning drivers) it has > serious problems, locks up, double faults, etc. > > Jeff
For busted hardware, you need a lab full of hardware tools. For busted drivers, KDB is fine. It's not perfect.. doesn't handle prologue scheduling done by modern gcc for example. (and if your debugger does, I fully intend to examine/steal your method, ok?:)
-Mike
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