On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:50 PM, sahlot arvind <asahlot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I am learning how to debug the kernel using UML. > I am doing the followings - > > $gdb linux > .. > .. > (gdb)set args ubda=rootfs mem=128M > (gdb)r > .. > .. > Now onwards linux runs properly and I get the command prompt. > At this point when linux is running fine, what should I do to stop the > kernel? I mean using gdb can I stop the uml if I have not put any break > points in that and see where exactly it is executing the idle process? >From another terminal do ps -ef|grep linux you will see many processes with similar names. with their parent id as of gdb process. In that select the lowest process id and do kill -2 <pid> in your main terminal uml will break and stop at gdb. Hope that helps > > Thanks > Arvind > > -- Thanks & Regards, ******************************************** Manish Katiyar ( http://mkatiyar.googlepages.com ) 3rd Floor, Fair Winds Block EGL Software Park Off Intermediate Ring Road Bangalore 560071, India *********************************************** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
