>
> Hello Ken,
>
> I was simply following up with Matt and Dave's email
> below. I have not tried out (yet) whether lcrash
> is capable of debugging kernel modules. If lcrash
> already supports kernel modules for analyzing panic
> dumps as well as live debugging, that is a great news.
It doesn't yet, but I do have plans of implementing Dave's suggested
modifications.
I have been somewhat sidetracked of late and have not had a chance to get
back to
this. It is on my plate though.
Thanks,
Tom
>
> Thanks,
>
> Moo
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:34:08PM -0500, Ken Pearlstein wrote:
> > Moo Kim wrote:
> >
> > Here is the output from lcrash of the trace command ... I called panic
when
> > the rmmod was done
> >
> > >> trace e000000049420000
> > ================================================================
> > STACK TRACE FOR TASK: 0xe000000049420000 (rmmod)
> >
> > 0 dump_execute+380 [0xe00000000071b9dc]
> > 1 panic+508 [0xe0000000005bfc9c]
> >
> > this trace seems correct .... What part of lcrash is not working in
> > analyzing modules ??
> >
> > > I somehow assumed that lcrash was capable of debugging
> > > kernel modules. I guess not. Is it possible to
> > > incorporate Dave's patch into lcrash distribution
> > > because it will be extremely useful for kernel module
> > > developer ?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Moo Kim Moo.Kim@xxxxxxx
> > > NCR Corporation
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 11:49:04AM -0600, Dave Craft wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >You can't use a module to call panic(). lcrash isn't capable (yet)
> > > > >of debugging kernel modules. The resulting crash dump may not be
> > > >
> > > > Regarding the above statement about inability to
> > > > debug kernel modules. Did you guys ever get around
> > > > to looking/rewriting the patch I supplied for getting
tracebacks
> > > > in kernel modules? The patch still applies and still
> > > > works. Its buried in the archives of this mailing list.
> > > >
> > > > Is there any idea on when we'd see comparable
> > > > function make it into lcrash?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mail : dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone : 512-838-8248
> > > > I am Jack's email closing
> >
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