There may be, I just don't know the specics. I know IBM at one point was working on something called dprobes, and there have been other things like it proposed and worked on to some degree: http://directory.fsf.org/all/DynamicProbes.html Hope that helps...james On 3/6/07, Mark Hull-Richter <mhull-richter at datallegro.com> wrote: > I thought there was a way to debug the kernel live on its own machine, > as long as you have more than one processor (we do) and you don't set a > breakpoint in synchronization code. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > > Behalf Of Rodrigo Barbosa > > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:01 AM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] How do I debug the kernel? > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Using gdb to debug the kernel is not an easy trick. You will need > > a kgdb patch for the kernel, and 2 computers. 1 for running the > kernel, > > and one for the debuger. These computers should be connected using a > > serial (RS232) cable. > > > > Please take notice I haven't done this since the 2.0 days, so things > > might have changed, but I don't expect they changed much. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >