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Re: debugging LKMs with GDB

Hi,

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:07:47 +0530, Himanshu Chauhan
<meethimanshuchauhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As we can debug user space programs with GDB, how can we debug the
> loadable kernel modules
> with GDB. 

I believe it can be done. You can probably even use ddd (Data Display
Debugger). But, you may have to pass /proc/kcore to gdb.

x86

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