On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 03:34:47PM -0600, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> KDB is putrid. Can it debug double faults? NO. Can it debug complex
> register and numeric evaluation statements like IF ((EAX == 1) &&
> [ESP-4] == 0x3000)? NO. Can it debug nested task gate exceptions?
remote gdb does that fine.
I've never seen a nested task gate on Linux...
> NO. Can it debug SMP locks races? NO. Can it debug priority inversion
> problems in sleep locks? NO.
Given. Priority inversion does not seem to be a big problem in Linux though
(kernel threads usually run at the same priority, with the only higher
priority being interrupts/bhs). Also the sleep locking seems to be generally
simple enough that it is not a problem for user processes.
> Can the Kernel debugger in NetWare? YES. Can the Kernel Debugger in
> NT? YES.
I guess they need it ;)
-Andi
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