Subject: Re: Boot blocks croak on kernels with full debug table
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU>
From: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.NET>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/22/1996 12:51:41
>> Ok, I didn't know this. Does this work with KGDB? (and, for that
>> matter, is it just me, or is KGDB not really in the i386 port?)
>
>As far as I know, there's no "really" about it. KGDB is not in the
>i386 port. 8-)
Well, there's bits and pieces in the machine independent part,
but yes, most of it is notably absent.
>KGDB needs the symbol table on the system where KGDB is being run.
>Since DDB is a "single-system, on-console" debugger, it needs the
>symbols loaded in core, so that it can always get to them.
>
>They're ... completely seperate.
Understood, but for my purposes, KGDB does a far superior job
to DDB. It's a bummer that it's not in the i386 port. Has any thought
gone into changing that? (i.e., was it ripped out, or just nobody
bothered because DDB was considered a better use of effort?)
-Craig