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Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel Transparently

Posted by kdawson on from the deep-juju dept.

An anonymous reader writes "To debug the FreeBSD kernel core dump efficiently, it is best to set up a remote debugging session between a development machine and the target machine, and remotely debug the kernel using serial communication. This article shows you how you can debug as many kernel images as you want; it becomes transparent to users once debugging starts, and your system's performance is not affected at all."

4 of 55 comments (clear)

  1. Surely... by BluhDeBluh · · Score: 4, Funny

    If this news day gets any slower it's just going to just stop.

  2. Re:I was just about to post this story.... by Alwin+Henseler · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do I have to solder something?

    You must be in the wrong place here. A true Slashdot user would ask: "Please, can I solder something to make this work?"

  3. debugging kernels by digitalderbs · · Score: 2, Funny

    This article shows you how you can debug as many kernel images as you want
    including zero.
  4. Unfortunately by edderly · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jayesh V. Rane works as a Systems Software Engineer for IBM and has five years of experience in product development, mostly working on network programming and storage management software. He has worked extensively on FreeBSD and AIX operating systems. Jayesh is currently working with the IBM India Systems and Technology Lab in Pune, India. You can contact him at jayesh.rane@in.ibm.com. Unfortunately Jayesh doesn't understand that compiling your kernel with -g will in fact affect the systems performance and is currently looking for a job where he can pretend to be a kernel engineer. Contact Jayesh at jayesh.rane@aol.com