As many kernel developers and hackers have known for years, loadable/unloadable kernel modules (like user-space applications) are almost never bug-free. With the continuing use and development of ...

I'm trying to do some kernel level debugging in FreeBSD. I've compiled the kernel with options DDB and KDB along with makeoptions DEBUG=-g. I can enter the debugger using "sysctl debug.kdb.enter=1" ...

A look into what causes kernel panics and some utilities to help gain more information. Working in a Linux environment, how often have you seen a kernel panic? When it happens, your system is left in ...

Microsoft released a new version of the WinDbg debugger tool for Windows, a very popular utility among developers and system administrators working in investigating crash reports, and debugging BSODs ...

It used to be that building the Linux kernel was not easy. Testing and debugging were even worse. Nowadays, it is reasonably easy to build a custom kernel and test or debug it using virtualization.

As with many Linux-related topics, the issue of using debuggers to troubleshoot the Linux kernel is not only technical--it's political. Linux is being mostly developed on the x86 platform, which does ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- November 28, 2006--Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS) and First Silicon Solutions (FS2), a division of MIPS Technologies, ...

4. Using a Intel ® JTAG debugger (XDB) for exceptions of Android Kernel on MinnowBoard MAX. We see the step by step procedure of using Intel ® JTAG debugger to check and debug the exception in a ...