Re: Error patching linux-2.6.9 with kdb-v4.4-2.6.9-i386-1

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 12/28/05, Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> wrote:
> Srikanth Srinivasan (on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:55:12 +0530) wrote:
> >Am relatively new to the linux kernel. I have a problem patching the
> >linux kernel with the kdb kernel debugger.... Here are the steps i
> >followed. Am not sure if i have missed anything... Kindly help me
> >out...
> >
> >1) Untarred the linux-2.6.9 to my home directory
> >[srikanth@zeus linux]$ pwd
> >/home/srikanth/work/src/linux
> >
> >2) Copied kdb-v4.4-2.6.9-i386-1 to /home/srikanth/work/src/linux
> >
> >3) [srikanth@zeus linux]$ patch -p1 < kdb-v4.4-2.6.9-i386-1
> >
> >4) Ran menuconfig and chose  Built-in Kernel Debugger support from
> >Kernel hacking.
> >I alos chose KDB modules to be built.in
> >
> >5) Then when i ran make bzImage i got the error as linux/kdb.h not found
>
> You did not read the README file in ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4,
> so you forgot to apply the common kdb patch as well.  The KDB README says -
>
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Might also be worth mentioning that 2.6.9 is a bit dated, if one is
just starting out with the kernel one might as well start with a
recent version.

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