Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:30:00 -0700 From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: Aijaz Baig <aijazbaig1@gmail.com>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips on remote debugging for filesystem code Message-ID: <201708241830.v7OIU0nj018164@chez.mckusick.com> In-Reply-To: <046d8df4-71a6-65f5-18ad-50589d6d466d@freebsd.org>
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> To: Aijaz Baig <aijazbaig1@gmail.com>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Tips on remote debugging for filesystem code > From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> > Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:24:50 +0800 > > On 24/8/17 1:40 pm, Aijaz Baig wrote: > >> ... >> How do you guys normally do it? Keen to hear tips and best practices > > I have had more success recently using BHype to make a Virtual FreeBSD > machine and connecting to it using the built-in gdb interface. > > Firstly it is easier than a serial interface and secondly you don't > need two machines. Is there documentation that describes how to do this? I have been using a patched up set of scripts provided by John Baldwin a couple of years ago to use kgdb with a bhyve VM. But if there is an existing way to do it now, I would rather switch to it. Kirk McKusick
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