linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Kernel Debugger

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Date:	Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:53:55 -0600 (MDT)
From:	jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com
To:	"Christoph Lameter" <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Nick Piggin" <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>, jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com,
	"Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	"Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Kernel Debugger

> Nick Piggin wrote:
>
>> OK thanks for the info. I don't actually know debugger code as I
>> said, so I wasn't against merging mdb if it offers things that
>> kgdb fundamentally cannot.
>>
>> If so, then ensuring clean interfaces indeed would seem like a
>> good first step to getting it merged.
>
> The competing implementation is kdb not kgdb. kgdb is just a stub for
> remote
> debugging using gdb. kdb is an in-kernel debugger like the one proposed
> here.
>

I don't consider them competing, just different tools for people from
different development backgrounds.  GNU and DOS/Windows.

Jeff

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