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author | Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> | 2010-10-25 17:14:05 +0200 |
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committer | Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> | 2010-10-29 20:14:39 +0200 |
commit | 4aad8f51d0672f1c95e2cf0e1bc7b9ab42d8e1ea (patch) | |
tree | 51dc43c1b455cb6e166642051f64c80c7dd1d0b5 /Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | |
parent | fix braino in fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode (diff) | |
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kdb: Add kdb kernel module sample
Add an example of how to add a dynamic kdb shell command via a kernel
module.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 490d862c5f0d..d71b57fcf116 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -710,7 +710,18 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command <listitem><para>A simple shell</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The kdb core command set</para></listitem> <listitem><para>A registration API to register additional kdb shell commands.</para> - <para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See: kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module + is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See: + kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>For an example of how to dynamically register + a new kdb command you can build the kdb_hello.ko kernel module + from samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c. To build this example you can + set CONFIG_SAMPLES=y and CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB=m in your kernel + config. Later run "modprobe kdb_hello" and the next time you + enter the kdb shell, you can run the "hello" + command.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist></listitem> <listitem><para>The implementation for kdb_printf() which emits messages directly to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel log.</para></listitem> |