Re: kgdb support in vanilla 2.6.2

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >I wouldn't support inclusion of i386 kgdb until it has had a lot of
> >cleanup, possible de-featuritisification and some thought has been applied
> >to splitting it into arch and generic bits.  It's quite a lot of work.
> 
> Amit has started at least the third activity--he has split much of kgdb
> into arch and generic bits.
> 
> Could you elaborate a little on the first two?
> 
> What major kinds of cleanup are we talking about?  Style issues?
> 
> What features (or classes of features) do you find excessive?  Would
> it be sufficient to add a few config items to control subfeatures
> of kgdb?
> 
> These are not idle questions.  If the amount of work to get it ready
> for acceptance is tractable, I know a company that may be willing to
> pay to have the work done.

Well, I guess I know two more such companies. Seems like everyone and
their aunt want kgdb these days :-).
								Pavel

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