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

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Message-ID: <489B48BF.3060609@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:10:55 -0500
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
CC:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jlan@....com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Kernel Debugger

Stefan Richter wrote:
> Christoph Lameter wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Is there work underway to get kdb merged?  (I'm just asking because I
> don't know; I personally don't need kdb nor mdb.)

KDB still exists in patches but the merge effort was given up when Linus
stated that he did not want a kernel debugger. No problem to start merge
attempts again AFAICT. Jay?

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