From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 19 21:37: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from outboundx.mv.meer.net (outboundx.mv.meer.net [209.157.152.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC12237B400 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:37:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from meer.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) by outboundx.mv.meer.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1K5b1s41703 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:37:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnn@neville-neil.com) Received: from neville-neil.com ([209.157.133.226]) by meer.meer.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/meer) with ESMTP id VAA258019 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:36:26 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202200536.VAA258019@meer.meer.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Kernel Debugging over the Ethernet? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:36:25 -0800 From: "George V. Neville-Neil" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Folks, Now that Luigi has put in polling support for some ethernet drivers I was wondering how much work it would be to make the remote kernel debugging run over the ethernet. I have worked on systems like this before (it's the reason I did polling network device drivers in Wind River's VxWorks) but it depends on a debugging system that has the ability to have its back end swapped out. Who would I talk to about how kernel debugging works at the lowest layers right now? Which source files should I look at first. Thanks, George -- George V. Neville-Neil gnn@neville-neil.com NIC:GN82 "Those who would trade liberty for temporary security deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message