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Subject: Re: kgdb unuseable with cores on current (for some people)
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On Fri, 14 May 2010, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

>
> Hm, but the "Cannot access memory" is preceeded by "Unread portion of the 
> kernel message buffer:\n"; I don't remember whether that was there before.
>
> I'll compile another kernel from stock HEAD to check if that's actually due 
> to the patch (or just poor memory on my part).

The "Unread portion of the kernel message buffer:" text is new with Alan's 
patch.  So, it seems to be a step in the right direction, but not a full 
fix.

-Ben