I thought there was a way to debug the kernel live on its own machine,
as long as you have more than one processor (we do) and you don't set a
breakpoint in synchronization code.
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> Using gdb to debug the kernel is not an easy trick. You will need
> a kgdb patch for the kernel, and 2 computers. 1 for running the
kernel,
> and one for the debuger. These computers should be connected using a
> serial (RS232) cable.
>
> Please take notice I haven't done this since the 2.0 days, so things
> might have changed, but I don't expect they changed much.
>
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