General question : Debugging Kernel on PPC

Greetings All,

I have general question regarding kernel debugging on PowerPC platform. Except printk what are other ways for kernel / kernel modules debugging on PowerPC architecture (i.e P1022DS/RDK boards). I am specifically referring to the option of connecting hardware probe and debug the kernel / kernel module via gdb/kgdb or some IDE. Please suggest any probe & IDE which provide this facility.

Best Regards

Farrukh Arshad

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Arshad, Farrukh
[off-list ref] wrote:

Greetings All,

I have general question regarding kernel debugging on PowerPC platform.
Except printk what are other ways for kernel / kernel modules debugging o=

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PowerPC architecture (i.e P1022DS/RDK boards). I am specifically referrin=

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to the option of connecting hardware probe and debug the kernel / kernel
module via gdb/kgdb or some IDE. Please suggest any probe & IDE which
provide this facility.

BDI(2|3)000 and gdb works pretty well, then there are USBTAPs from
Freescale and CodeWarrior. You could also use an RTL simulator like
simics for this part which has a lot of advanced features.

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