new kdb patch with disassembler support
Hi,
I grew tired of not being able to disassemble code with kdb. This was really tedious when I was looking at the PAL problems. So I decided to add support for it. It is included in this patch and is based on the BFD code.
Summary of changes:
- upgrade to 2.4-test1
- disassembler support via the id command. Symbol lookups is fully supported. Single stepping now shows code as well. (S.Eranian)
- restructured machine dependent input/output (kdba_io.c). There was way too much code duplication. A side effect is that with 2 consoles (serial+vga) you can now debug from either places. (S.Eranian)
- vastly enhanced command line editing (S.Eranian):
* (CTRL-U/CTRL-C)
* history buffer via (CTRL-P/CTRL-N)
* Enter will redo the last command (that's for David!)
- some code cleanups (David + Stephane)
- updated backtracing support to latest unwind code (D.Mosberger)
The patch is relative to 2.4-test1 + David's 0609 diff.
It is available from the HPLabs web site at:
ftp://ftp.hpl.hp.com/pub/linux-ia64/kdb-2.4-test1.patch
Enjoy,
Known Issue:
- on serial line the output of certain editing commands like CTRL-U is bogus but the buffer is valid. This is due to some timing problems with the UART which I did not have time to really fix. Anybody with UART understanding can probably fix this in minutes. Patch welcomed !
-Stephane