[nycbug-talk] BSDCan ike-notes - Kernel Debugging Workshop

[Isaac Levy]

More BSDCan ike-notes,

Kernel Debugging with Greg Lehey:
http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/activity.php?id=68

I had the pleasure of attending Greg Lehey's 'Kernel Debugging 
Workshop', which happened on the Wednesday preceding the regular 
conference schedule- and it was great.  I live in user-space for most 
of my development work and hacking life, so it was a real eye-opener to 
dive into the Kernel for an entire day... a lot of heavy information to 
take in all at once :)
One of the most striking things about this lecture was that Greg uses 
Firewire for debugging, insomuch as firewire PCI cards are cheaper than 
serial, and MUCH faster.  Firewire gives direct access to system 
memory, so it's great for debugging.  Mr. Lehey's 'most correct' 
lecture notes are available online, and are currently the most 
definitive documentation available on debugging BSD kernels:

http://www.lemis.com/grog/Papers/Debug-tutorial/tutorial.pdf
1.2mb PDF


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