[ale] Hardware Lockup

[Joseph A. Knapka]

"Joseph A. Knapka" wrote:
> 
> > Chris Fowler wrote:
> >
> > I have a lockup on one of my machines when using a piece of hardware.
> > Is there a way I can debug this to see what was actually taking place
> > at that moment?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> 
> If you have some clue about where things are going wrong, adding
> instrumentation to the kernel in the form of printk() calls might
> help you narrow it down. I believe it's also possible to debug a
> running kernel using gdb on a different machine, but I don't know
> how that works (and I could just be hallucinating the whole notion).

I wasn't hallucinating. kgdb <http://kdgb.sourceforge.net/> lets you
debug a running kernel from a different machine via a serial
connection.

Good luck,

-- Joe

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