On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 19:27, Christine Ames wrote: > --- Frank Schaefer <frank.schafer@setuza.cz> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Does anybody know, how to build a kernel with debug info? There > > isn't a > > appropriate option in ``make *config''. > > Will it be sufficient to add the -g switch to the CFLAGS in the > > main > > Makefile? > > > > Hmmm...debug info... Are you talking about using kdbg or some other > debugger? Yes, I try to setup kgdb / kdb. > In that case, you need to patch the kernel to make debugging options > available. After patching, you rebuild your kernel. The patch makes > available new options under "Kernel Hacking" when using xconfig. > > For the patch, FAQ, etc. see http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/ I know that, and I have the patches for kdb and kgdb. But if I configure the kernel I still don't see any -g during the kernel build. Maybe I've overseen them. I'll build onesmore this evening sending the output of make into a log. Thanks for your reply Frank -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
