>I have one question in this context. Should we disable optimization when >building the kernel when we wish to enable kgdb or should we leave it intact. Whenever possible, yes...disable optimization.... -O option and -g in gcc don't play nicely together according to my experience. The DWARF info will be somewhat fuzzed or even "corrupted"....so it might point to wrong source line etc -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies