Hi Mayank.. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Mayank Kaushik <mayank.utexas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've used kgdb to debug a target over ethernet before. > But the problem I'm currently facing is that my running kernel sometimes > freezes, and I have to reboot. I am using just one machine, I cannot cannot > connect another to it to see what caused the crash. > I would like to get a crash report of some sort when I next boot up, so from > the stack trace I would at least know the name of the module that caused the > crash . What patches can I add to the kernel or what kernel options can I > use to accomplish that, apart from enabling kdb? > I suppose there's no option but to compile a new kernel with the options you > suggest, since this current kernel is built without debug info. Some things that I can quickly recall: 1. enable NMI (non maskable interrupt) watchdog. 2. enable kdump/kexec and configure your kernel to do crashdump I can not explain longer about them for now, so please Google for further information. Consider it as very early hints. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
