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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-29 14:49:38 -0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-29 14:49:38 -0400 |
| commit | 1e431a9d6478940c0b5fcfa1c17a336fc0683409 (patch) | |
| tree | ce6b454ecbad4f535b9a18ef8605f8218a409ee6 /Documentation | |
| parent | 75d73126fd490e26a9bdfc2338ca068e71563e0b (diff) | |
| parent | ff10b88b5a05c8f1646dd15fb9f6093c1384ff6d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb:
kgdb,ppc: Individual register get/set for ppc
kgdbts: prevent re-entry to kgdbts before it unregisters
debug_core,x86,blackfin: Clean up hw debug disable API
kdb: Fix early debugging crash regression
kgdb,arm: fix register dump
kdb: fix per_cpu command to remove supress mask
kdb: Add kdb kernel module sample
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 490d862c5f0d..d71b57fcf116 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | |||
| @@ -710,7 +710,18 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command | |||
| 710 | <listitem><para>A simple shell</para></listitem> | 710 | <listitem><para>A simple shell</para></listitem> |
| 711 | <listitem><para>The kdb core command set</para></listitem> | 711 | <listitem><para>The kdb core command set</para></listitem> |
| 712 | <listitem><para>A registration API to register additional kdb shell commands.</para> | 712 | <listitem><para>A registration API to register additional kdb shell commands.</para> |
| 713 | <para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See: kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem> | 713 | <itemizedlist> |
| 714 | <listitem><para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module | ||
| 715 | is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See: | ||
| 716 | kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem> | ||
| 717 | <listitem><para>For an example of how to dynamically register | ||
| 718 | a new kdb command you can build the kdb_hello.ko kernel module | ||
| 719 | from samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c. To build this example you can | ||
| 720 | set CONFIG_SAMPLES=y and CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB=m in your kernel | ||
| 721 | config. Later run "modprobe kdb_hello" and the next time you | ||
| 722 | enter the kdb shell, you can run the "hello" | ||
| 723 | command.</para></listitem> | ||
| 724 | </itemizedlist></listitem> | ||
| 714 | <listitem><para>The implementation for kdb_printf() which | 725 | <listitem><para>The implementation for kdb_printf() which |
| 715 | emits messages directly to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel | 726 | emits messages directly to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel |
| 716 | log.</para></listitem> | 727 | log.</para></listitem> |