Subject: Re: Boot blocks croak on kernels with full debug table
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU>
From: Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/23/1996 13:49:22
> What's the point of doing this?
> 
> If you're running kgdb remotely, you can stop execution of the kernel
> (i.e. break)...  Given that, why would you ever want to use ddb, if
> you have the setup to use kgdb?

Erm, maybe I'm just being thick but how does kgdb talk to the kernel
in your "setup to use kgdb?"  The kgdb I know of only debugs
post-mortem dumps or lets you attach to a running kernel if you're on
the same machine (not hanging off a serial line attached to it).

					Jordan