KGDB Quick Start

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  1. Hardware setup
  2. Software setup
  3. Applying the kgdb patch
  4. Compiling the kernel on the development machine
  5. Starting the debug session
  6. Useful links and miscellaneous information

Hardware setup

Use a Null modem serial cable to connect across the Target and Development machines .

[ Development machine ]----------------------------------[ Target machine ]

1-Hardware pinout for the null modem serial cable

OR

2-Hardware pinout for the null modem serial cable

Testing the working of the Null-modem serial cable.

On the Development machine :
stty ispeed 115200 ospeed 115200 -F /dev/ttyS0
cat testfile.txt > /dev/ttyS0

On the Target machine :
stty ispeed 115200 ospeed 115200 -F /dev/ttyS0
cat /dev/ttyS0

Target machine.

The following settings are used for the Remote debugging session, automatically.

<root #> stty -F /dev/ttyS0
speed 115200 baud; line = 0;
min = 1; time = 0;
-brkint -icrnl -imaxbel
-opost -onlcr
-isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echoctl -echoke

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Software setup

  1. Downloaded Linux kernel source : linux-2.6.6.tar.gz
  2. Downloaded the 2.6.7 patch : patch-2.6.7.bz2
  3. Downloaded the Kgdb patch : linux-2.6.7-kgdb-2.2.tar.bz2

  4. Unzip the kernel sources & the kernel patch
    cd ${BASE_DIR}
    tar -zxvf linux-2.6.6.tar.gz
    bunzip2 patch-2.6.7.bz2
    ls ${BASE_DIR} --> linux-2.6.6 patch-2.6.7

  5. mv ${BASE_DIR}/linux-2.6.6 ${BASE_DIR}/linux-2.6.7
  6. cd ${BASE_DIR}/linux-2.6.7
  7. patch -p1 < ${BASE_DIR}/patch-2.6.7

Applying the kgdb patch

  1. Unzip the kgdb patch
    mkdir ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb
    cd ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb
    tar -jxvf linux-2.6.7-kgdb-2.2.tar.bz2
  2. patch -p1 < ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb/core-lite.patch
  3. patch -p1 < ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb/i386-lite.patch
  4. patch -p1 < ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb/8250.patch
  5. patch -p1 < ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb/eth.patch
  6. patch -p1 < ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb/i386.patch
  7. patch -p1 < ${BASE_DIR}/patch-kgdb/core.patch

Compiling the kernel on the development machine

  1. In the ${BASE_DIR}/linux-2.6.7/Makefile, set the EXTRAVERSION = -kgdb
  2. make mrproper V=1
  3. make xconfig V=1 or make oldconfig V=1
    Select the options appropriate for the target machine Hardware.
    Select the options pertaining to kgdb under "Kernel hacking" .
    Click to view the snapshot image

  4. make clean V=1
  5. make bzImage V=1
  6. Transfer the built kernel to the Target machine from the Development machine .

    Copy the Kernel image from ${BASE_DIR}/linux-2.6.7/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to the target machine as /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-kgdb
    Copy the Map file from ${BASE_DIR}/linux-2.6.7/System.map to the target machine as /boot/System.map-2.6.7-kgdb
    Also create links,
    ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-kgdb /boot/vmlinuz
    ln -s /boot/System.map-2.6.7-kgdb /boot/System.map

  7. Edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file in the target machine to have the kgdb enabled kernel entry.
    Sample is shown below :-

    # Sample grub.conf which will by default boot the kgdb enabled kernel
    default=1
    timeout=10
    splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

    title RH
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1
    initrd /boot/initrd

    title Linux-2.6.7-kgdb
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-kgdb ro root=/dev/sda1 rootfstype=ext3 kgdbwait kgdb8250=0,115200
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Starting the debug session

  1. After booting the target machine will wait for the host development machine to connect, by displaying the message :-

    Waiting for connection from remote gdb...

  2. cd ${BASE_DIR}/linux-2.6.7
  3. For setting a debug session with baud rate of 115200 on /dev/ttyS0 , run as "root" user:-

    <root#> gdb ./vmlinux
    GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.0post-0.20040223.17rh)
    Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
    welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
    Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
    There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
    This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".

    (gdb) shell echo -e "\003" > /dev/ttyS0
    (gdb) set remotebaud 115200
    (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0
    Remote debugging using /dev/ttyS0
    breakpoint () at kernel/kgdb.c:1212
    1212 atomic_set(&kgdb_setting_breakpoint, 0);
    warning: shared library handler failed to enable breakpoint
    (gdb)

  4. For further commands refer http://kgdb.linsyssoft.com/tockdebug.htm
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Useful links and Miscellaneous information

  1. Useful Links :
    http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/
    http://kgdb.linsyssoft.com/
    http://kgdb.linsyssoft.com/downloads/

  2. Active Developer : Amit Kale --> [email protected]
  3. Bug Report : [email protected]

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