I am a beaglebone new bee,
I wanted to debug a kernel module on beagle bone,
I assume we can use CCS to debug code on beaglebone, I would like to know tools and interface required to debug kernel module on beagle bone.
Regards,
Yash.
It just wouldn't fit properly in an Altoids Tin..
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Isn’t there some new fandangled way to debug the kernel by running it as an executable. As in Linux running it’s self ? For the life of me, I can not recall the correct term . . .
kdb? it's also enabled by default... never personally used it thou..
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kdb? it’s also enabled by default… never personally used it thou…
I do not think so, no. Someone on these groups posted about something I had never heard about before, so I spent a couple hours googling and reading on the subject.
Basically, in make I believe it is an “ARCH” option, that builds the kernel as a standalone executable. Which can then be run somehow ( perhaps chroot env ) on an already running Linux. Something akin perhaps to a virtual machine, without the virtual machine.
The idea anyway, is that you could debug a misbehaving kernel, withotu completely crashing the system it was running on. Also alleviating the need for a remote debug system.
Oh that's kexec!
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Anyway, this will drive me nuts ( short trip ) until I figure it out / remember. As it seemed like a really cool / useful / just-the-sort-of-thing I’d love to toy with.
Oh that’s kexec!
Thats it ! thanks 
Anyway, I did want to mention perhaps this would be another option, but basically do not know if it could be used to debug modules as well ? I think so, but am not sure.
Anyway, some say the most effective way to debug a kernel module is by using printk() . . . but this is something I have no personal hands on experience with to date.