Re: Kdevelop debugging kernel modules

From: Peter T. Breuer (ptb_at_lab.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:31:58 +0100

George <george.news@nospamgmx.net> wrote:
> I have seen that the Kdevelop included in Fedora Core 3 allows to create
> kernel modules.This has been succesfully achieved.
>
> However, I can't manage to debug it withing the Kdevelop. Is is possible?
> How?

How would you debug a running kernel? What would be watching the
watcher?

Answer: another kernel.

Which kernel is running your machine, and what is the other kernel
doing?

Peter

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