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Date:      Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:03:09 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        "O'Connor, Daniel" <Daniel.O'Connor@emc.com>
Cc:        =?UTF-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9_P=C3=A9rez_Arauzo?= <fbl@aoek.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: What do you use for kernel debugging?
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There's also something for XHCI.

Please please write it for freebsd. :)


-a


On 30 September 2014 21:45, O'Connor, Daniel <Daniel.O'Connor@emc.com> wrot=
e:
>
> On 1 Oct 2014, at 0:14, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Unfortunately you can't use a USB serial as it requires the USB stack
>> be  working before it can be used..
>> similar with ethernet connected debugging which requires that the
>> driver for the ethernet hardware support it.
>> (which why we don't have it in the tree though it has been done
>> several times in the past).
>
> There IS a USB debug standard, Linux has some code to support it.
>
> I am not sure what percentage of hardware has it hooked up though (the ho=
st controller has a designated debug port but it could physically be anythi=
ng).
>
> http://www.coreboot.org/EHCI_Debug_Port
>
> The hardware is bit more expensive than a null modem or firewire cable th=
ough :(
>
> Regards,
>         Daniel O=E2=80=99Connor
>
> Senior Software Engineer
> Isilon Platforms Team
>
>
>
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