I'm trying to do some kernel level debugging in FreeBSD. I've compiled the kernel with options DDB and KDB along with makeoptions DEBUG=-g. I can enter the debugger using "sysctl debug.kdb.enter=1" ...
As many kernel developers and hackers have known for years, loadable/unloadable kernel modules (like user-space applications) are almost never bug-free. With the continuing use and development of ...
Microsoft released a new version of the WinDbg debugger tool for Windows, a very popular utility among developers and system administrators working in investigating crash reports, and debugging BSODs ...
Testing is an integral and important part of any software development cycle, open or closed, and Linux kernel is no exception to that. Developer testing, integration testing, regression, and stress ...
It used to be that building the Linux kernel was not easy. Testing and debugging were even worse. Nowadays, it is reasonably easy to build a custom kernel and test or debug it using virtualization.
As with many Linux-related topics, the issue of using debuggers to troubleshoot the Linux kernel is not only technical--it's political. Linux is being mostly developed on the x86 platform, which does ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- November 28, 2006--Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS) and First Silicon Solutions (FS2), a division of MIPS Technologies, ...
4. Using a Intel ® JTAG debugger (XDB) for exceptions of Android Kernel on MinnowBoard MAX. We see the step by step procedure of using Intel ® JTAG debugger to check and debug the exception in a ...