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1$FreeBSD$
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3This directory contains gdb macros for kernel debugging.  When you
4build a debug kernel, the target "gdbinit" in the kernel Makefile will
5create the correct .gdbinit files in the kernel build directory.  To
6perform kernel debugging, you would do:
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8  # cd /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  (or name of kernel config)
9  # make gdbinit
10  # gdb kernel.debug
11  This GDB was configured as "i386-undermydesk-freebsd"...
12  Ready to go.  Enter 'tr' to connect to remote target
13  and 'getsyms' after connection to load kld symbols.
14  (kgdb)
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17This directory also contains a kgdb script that given a crash dump number
18automatically extract the path to the kernel source, run gdb to extract
19information about kernel modules loaded, and then rerun gdb loading the
20necessary symbols for the modules.  You need to make sure you build the
21modules w/ debugging symbols separately to get things to work.
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