Re: kernel mode console

[Matt Mackall]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 03:57:24AM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Followup to:  <200403022152.06950.billyrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> By author:    Billy Rose <billyrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > i have some bandwidth i can dedicate to writting a kernel module that provides 
> > a command interpreter running in kernel space (think of it as the god mode 
> > console in quake). the purpose for this would be primarily aimed at the 
> > kernel developers so they can reach in and grab variables, dump certain 
> > sections of memory, walk memory, dump code segments, dump processes 
> > (including the kernel data structures for them), anything else i/you can 
> > think of. is this a waste of time, or would that get used?
> > 
> 
> Google(kgdb).

Or kdb for that matter.

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Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : Linux development and consulting
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