Subject: Re: kernel debugging with /proc & /kern (was: word processor that runs on NetBSD/i386? (FAQ?))
To: NetBSD Kernel Technical Discussion List <tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/24/1998 15:41:21
On Jun 24, Greg A. Woods wrote
> That's bogus. There are ample tools for analyzing crash dumps without
> needing to use netstat/ps/pstat/vmstat et al. Those latter tools might
> be useful for a non-kernel hacker to use for such analysis, but in my
> experience these tools are not ideal for use by kernel hackers and only
> get used because of a lack of truely suitable tools. They often abstract
> their data too much from the actual kernel data structures and usually
> also omit critical elements of internal data structures to be of any
> advanced use.
I have to disagree here. Actually I've always found it usefull to be able
to run ps to a core dump. You need it to find various things, and especially
the proc address you can set in geb later.
Or do you want to integrate 'ps' in 'gdb' ?
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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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