Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:03:26 +0000 | From | Daniel Thompson <> | Subject | Re: net/kgdb: Taking another crack at implementing kgdboe |
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 04:33:48PM -0800, Jordan Hand wrote: > Hey folks, > > I have been scouring patches from around 2005-2008 related to kgdboe > (kgdb over ethernet) and I am interested in taking a shot at getting it > into the mainline kernel. > > I found an implementation from Tom Rini in 2005[1] and an out of tree > implementation[2]. > > So I have a couple questions before I dive in: > > 1. Is anyone actively working on this? From lkml archives it appears no > but I thought I'd ask. > 2. Does anyone have an objection to this feature? From my reading it > seems that the reason it was never merged was due to reliability issues > but I just want to double check that people don't see some larger issue.
Like Jason said, I can't see any objections on the kgdb side but integrating even with simple peripherals (UARTs for example) has it's share of pitfalls so it may take a fair bit of work to make the net developers comfortable!
Daniel.
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