hello there,
i was also trying to run gdb but when i tried
the command that you told it gives the following error:
gdb
/linux-*/vmlinux /proc/kcore
Hey don't use the exact comman... linux-*, use the actual kernel version
for it... as linux-2.6.10.. or something similar according to ur kernel
version. Try with this...
sandeep
GNU gdb Red Hat Linux
(5.3post-0.20021129.18rh)
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This GDB was configured as
"i386-redhat-linux-gnu".../linux-*/vmlinux: No such file or
directory.
Core was generated by `ro root=LABEL=/'.
#0
<function called from gdb>
(gdb) q
what could be the possible
problem?
thanks in advance
Regards
vaishali
On Thu, 05 May
2005 lk wrote :
>the image vmlinuz is in compressed form
..
>it can't be directly used for debugging with gdb...
>instead
go for vmlinux ..
>it'll be in ur usr/src/linux-*/
>as we have
enabled debugging in the config...
>we'll get a huge
vmlinux...
>
>start gdb as >>
>gdb
/linux-*/vmlinux
/proc/kcore
>
>regards
>lk
>
>----- Original
Message -----
> From: "Vasu S" <vasu.ss@xxxxxxxxx>
>To:
<kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 7:23
AM
>Subject: gdb for kernel debugging
>
>
> > Hi
all,
> >
> > I am trying to use gdb for debugging kernel. My
intention is just to
> > go thru different kernel data
structures.
> > I am getting the following error.
>
>
> > #gdb /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1-debug.358 /proc/kcore
>
> GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.0post-0.20040223.19rh)
> > Copyright
2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > GDB is free software, covered
by the GNU General Public License, and you
>are
> > welcome to
change it and/or distribute copies of it under
certain
>conditions.
> > Type "show copying" to see the
conditions.
> > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type
"show warranty" for
>details.
> > This GDB was configured
as
> > "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"..."/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1-debug.358":
not in
> > executable format: File format not recognized
>
> /proc/kcore: Operation not permitted.
> > (gdb) q
>
>
> > ----------
> > I have compiled the kernel
with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO set to y. Even
> > googling the
error didnt help.
> > Please tell me what could be the problem.
Am I missing something?
> >
> > Thanks for paying
attention.
> > Vasu
> >
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