Re: Attaching to /dev/kmem with gdb
Re: Attaching to /dev/kmem with gdb
- Subject: Re: Attaching to /dev/kmem with gdb
- From: Garth Cummings <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:08:15 -0800
Hi Brian,
On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 09:42 PM, Brian Tabone wrote:
Now I know you can't attach directly to a running kernel as you would
a program, since halting the kernel would halt you.
You can have the running kernel stop to allow an attach from a remote
GDB session, then resume the kernel and debug it much as you would an
application. Here are a couple of documents you can read that explain
this:
HelloDebugger
<
http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/documentation/howto/html/
kext_tutorials/hello_debugger.html>
Inside Mac OS X: Kernel Programming
<
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Darwin/General/
KernelProgramming/build/chapter_18_section_7.html>
Good luck,
--gc
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