Re: kernel mode console

[Andi Kleen]

Billy Rose <billyrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> i have some bandwidth i can dedicate to writting a kernel module that provides 
> a command interpreter running in kernel space (think of it as the god mode 
> console in quake). the purpose for this would be primarily aimed at the 
> kernel developers so they can reach in and grab variables, dump certain 
> sections of memory, walk memory, dump code segments, dump processes 
> (including the kernel data structures for them), anything else i/you can 
> think of. is this a waste of time, or would that get used?

It sounds like you're trying to reinvent kdb, sysrq, kgdb, lcrash/crash,
gdb vmlinux /proc/vmlinux

-Andi
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