How many kernel debugger in the world?

How many kernel debugger in the world?

[kerler]

Hello,

I know some kernel debuggers:

kgdb/kdb/xmon for Linux
kdb  for AIX
mdb for SunOS
kadb for SunOS
kdbx for Digital UNIX 
WinDbg for NT

Is there any other kernel debugger?

Any reply please cc: kerler@mailandnews.com
Wish reply very much.

thanks,
kerler

Re: How many kernel debugger in the world?

[cgd]

kerler@mailandnews.com (kerler) writes:
> Is there any other kernel debugger?

ddb for Mach (I believe it was a kernel debugger there).

ddb for *BSD variants (NetBSD, and I assume others).

gdb / kgdb work for many of the BSD variants as well.



cgd

Re: How many kernel debugger in the world?

[Michael Meissner]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:50:13PM +0800, kerler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I know some kernel debuggers:
> 
> kgdb/kdb/xmon for Linux
> kdb  for AIX
> mdb for SunOS
> kadb for SunOS
> kdbx for Digital UNIX 
> WinDbg for NT
> 
> Is there any other kernel debugger?

Oh, I'm sure there are lots.  Some are gdb varients, some not.  For example, do
you consider ROM monitors used in many embedded eval boards?  There are many of
these.  For example, I've think I've run into 4 or 5 different 'bug'
implementations in the Motorola world (both 68k and powerpc).  When I worked at
Data General, 10 years ago, I recall that there were something like 5 different
inhouse debuggers in the mainline OS, at least one of which they had lost the
sources to years before.

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Re: How many kernel debugger in the world?

[Christophe PLANAT]

kerler@mailandnews.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know some kernel debuggers:
>
> kgdb/kdb/xmon for Linux
> kdb  for AIX
> mdb for SunOS
> kadb for SunOS
> kdbx for Digital UNIX
> WinDbg for NT
>
> Is there any other kernel debugger?
>
> Any reply please cc: kerler@mailandnews.com
> Wish reply very much.
>
> thanks,
> kerler

Others existing :

 - gdb for RTEMS (RTEMS is an Open Source Real-Time Operating System) :
just have a look on web site  : http://world.std.com/~qqi under
 - pgdb (thread aware) : not well documented
 - smartGDB : multi-threaded and scriptable : current usage ?
 - gdb-tdi : thread aware for POSIX thread implementation
 - gdb for ECOS : open source debugger

I'm also interested to discuss about embedded RTOS implementation in GDB
(HowTo) concerning non-standard processor (API, libraries, user features
...)

    Christophe

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Re: How many kernel debugger in the world?

[Stephane Carrez]

>Hi!

>
>I know some kernel debuggers:
>
>kgdb/kdb/xmon for Linux
>kdb  for AIX
>mdb for SunOS
>kadb for SunOS
>kdbx for Digital UNIX 
>WinDbg for NT
>
>Is there any other kernel debugger?
>
>Any reply please cc: kerler@mailandnews.com
>Wish reply very much.
>
>thanks,
>kerler

You can add:

Gdb for ChorusOS.

	Stephane

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