From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 14 02:24:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0838916A417 for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:24:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd_noob@yahoo.com) Received: from n7.bullet.re3.yahoo.com (n7.bullet.re3.yahoo.com [68.142.237.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CFFD13C442 for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:24:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd_noob@yahoo.com) Received: from [68.142.237.89] by n7.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Oct 2007 02:11:04 -0000 Received: from [69.147.75.183] by t5.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Oct 2007 02:11:04 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp104.mail.re1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Oct 2007 02:11:04 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 6549.60780.bm@omp104.mail.re1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 24741 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Oct 2007 02:11:03 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=f0WN1vEdWKabxuUKxxL05efsTnOCscK09gl+uXZ6/k3HZm2WQ5BC0iTUfaUzHFX57eTFzUIBFm19ZqkzabJ39mLdK8r7/zaTOx2v/VK4etdpe5JTukXICGGfbS23Ng1TDFRNy10NgtozsNZEcEAQYukAqad2OzFV7iaRtO7HZo4=; X-YMail-OSG: czONvHMVM1mHcPjexFJN7.fM9dopAZzca_3jyuGO4vlPMriJhH4QYmIUHTZM7HfLx3rVsntK4blbvW31M4diDI2gQPlSih7DL0Gz Received: from [64.201.252.236] by web45009.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:11:03 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/651.50 YahooMailWebService/0.7.134.12 Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:11:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Akshay Kawale To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <275069.24112.qm@web45009.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Debugging FreeBSD running on VMware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:24:58 -0000 Hi,=0A=0AI want to attach gdb to my FreeBSD kernel (6.2 RELEASE-p8) running= on VMware.=0AMy host OS is Ubuntu Linux 7.04.=0A=0AI've created a virtual = serial port, which terminates in a named pipe on my host OS.=0AWhat other s= teps do I need to take to be able to step through and debug my kernel?=0AWi= ll gdb automatically find the source code if its copied to /usr/src on my h= ost?=0A=0AThanks.=0A=0A- Akshay=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A________________= ____________________________________________________________________=0ABoar= dwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for t= oday's economy) at Yahoo! Games.=0Ahttp://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?game= key=3Dmonopolyherenow