Kernel parameter: ``kgdbcon``
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-The ``kgdbcon`` feature allows you to see :c:func:`printk` messages inside gdb
+The ``kgdbcon`` feature allows you to see printk() messages inside gdb
while gdb is connected to the kernel. Kdb does not make use of the kgdbcon
feature.
``ps`` Displays only the active processes
``ps A`` Shows all the processes
``summary`` Shows kernel version info and memory usage
- ``bt`` Get a backtrace of the current process using :c:func:`dump_stack`
+ ``bt`` Get a backtrace of the current process using dump_stack()
``dmesg`` View the kernel syslog buffer
``go`` Continue the system
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The arch-specific portion implements:
- contains an arch-specific trap catcher which invokes
- :c:func:`kgdb_handle_exception` to start kgdb about doing its work
+ kgdb_handle_exception() to start kgdb about doing its work
- translation to and from gdb specific packet format to :c:type:`pt_regs`
config. Later run ``modprobe kdb_hello`` and the next time you
enter the kdb shell, you can run the ``hello`` command.
- - The implementation for :c:func:`kdb_printf` which emits messages directly
+ - The implementation for kdb_printf() which emits messages directly
to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel log.
- SW / HW breakpoint management for the kdb shell
The core polled keyboard driver for PS/2 type keyboards is in
``drivers/char/kdb_keyboard.c``. This driver is hooked into the debug core
when kgdboc populates the callback in the array called
-:c:type:`kdb_poll_funcs[]`. The :c:func:`kdb_get_kbd_char` is the top-level
+:c:type:`kdb_poll_funcs[]`. The kdb_get_kbd_char() is the top-level
function which polls hardware for single character input.
kgdboc and kms
kernel mode setting support.
Every time the kernel debugger is entered it calls
-:c:func:`kgdboc_pre_exp_handler` which in turn calls :c:func:`con_debug_enter`
+kgdboc_pre_exp_handler() which in turn calls con_debug_enter()
in the virtual console layer. On resuming kernel execution, the kernel
-debugger calls :c:func:`kgdboc_post_exp_handler` which in turn calls
-:c:func:`con_debug_leave`.
+debugger calls kgdboc_post_exp_handler() which in turn calls
+con_debug_leave().
Any video driver that wants to be compatible with the kernel debugger
and the atomic kms callbacks must implement the ``mode_set_base_atomic``,