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Date:      Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:32:45 +0200
From:      Tommi Pernila <tommi.pernila@iki.fi>
To:        =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Guide to contribute to kernel video drivers
Message-ID:  <CABHD1wSFdGUZ5wmDzN8Twu5F1BeERoJZ5zeRaGjNMv%2Bbb7gwYA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,



On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 1:37 AM, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron <
jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> wrote:

> Le 20/02/2016 08:43, Eax Melanhovich a =C3=A9crit :
> > Hello
>
> Hi!
>
> > Thanks a lot for a guide!
>
> You're welcome!
>
> Similarly many thanks to Jean for the guide.


> > Do I right understand that the only way to debug a kernel is to crash
> > it and then analyze a dump using gdb? Is it possible to attach to a
> > running kernel remotely?
>
> It's probably possible to debug a live kernel, but I never did this
> because I don't have a working serial remote access.
>
> Wouldn't this be possible over ssh?


-T



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