Announce: kdb v4.4 is available for kernel 2.6.18

[Keith Owens]

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Shiver me timbers, lads.

KDB (Linux Kernel Debugger) has been updated for kernel 2.6.18.

ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4/
ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/mirrors/oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4/

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Current versions are :-

  kdb-v4.4-2.6.18-common-1.bz2
  kdb-v4.4-2.6.18-i386-1.bz2
  kdb-v4.4-2.6.18-x86_64-1.bz2
  kdb-v4.4-2.6.18-ia64-1.bz2

Changelog extract since kdb-v4.4-2.6.17-common-1.

2006-09-20 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-common-1.

2006-09-15 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc7-common-1.

2006-08-29 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Rewrite all backtrace code.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-common-2.

2006-08-28 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-common-1.

2006-08-08 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc4-common-1.

2006-08-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc3-common-1.

2006-07-18 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* 8250.c locking has been fixed so there is no need to break spinlocks
	  for keyboard entry.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc2-common-2.

2006-07-18 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc2-common-1.

2006-07-12 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Remove dead KDB_REASON codes.
	* The main kdb() function is now always entered with interrupts
	  disabled, so there is no need to disable bottom halves.
	* sparse cleanups.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-common-2.

2006-07-07 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-common-1.

2006-07-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Add KDB_REASON_CPU_UP and callbacks for cpus coming online.
	* Relegate KDB_REASON_SILENT to KDB internal use only.
	* Backout the v4.4-2.6.15-common-3 change that made KDB_REASON_SILENT
	  wait for cpus, the Dell Xeon problem has been fixed.
	* notify_die() is not called for KDB_REASON_SILENT nor
	  KDB_REASON_CPU_UP, these events do not stay in KDB.
	* Export kdb_current_task for kdbm_x86.  SuSE patch
	  kdb-missing-export.diff
	* Scale kdb_wait_for_cpus_secs by the number of online cpus.
	* Delete kdb_enablehwfault, architectures now do their own setup.
	* Delete kdba_enable_mce, architectures now do their own setup.
	* Delete kdba_enable_lbr, kdba_disable_lbr, kdba_print_lbr,
	  page_fault_mca.  Only ever implemented on x86, difficult to maintain
	  and rarely used in the field.
	* Replace #ifdef KDB_HAVE_LONGJMP with #ifdef kdba_setjmp.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.17-common-2.


Changelog extract since kdb-v4.4-2.6.17-i386-1.

2006-09-20 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-i386-1.

2006-09-15 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc7-i386-1.

2006-08-30 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Add warning for problems when following alternate stacks.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-i386-3.

2006-08-29 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Rewrite all backtrace code.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-i386-2.

2006-08-28 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-i386-1.

2006-08-08 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc4-i386-1.

2006-08-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc3-i386-1.

2006-07-18 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc2-i386-1.

2006-07-12 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Remove dead KDB_REASON codes.
	* sparse cleanups.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-i386-2.

2006-07-07 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-i386-1.

2006-07-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Make KDB rendezvous on i386 a two stage approach.
	* Clean up generation of KDB interrupt code.
	* Move smp_kdb_stop() and smp_kdb_interrupt() to kdbasupport.c.
	* Move setting of interrupt traps to kdbasupport.c.
	* Remove KDB hooks from arch/i386/kernel smp.c, smpboot.c, i8259.c,
	  io_apic.c.
	* Add KDB_REASON_CPU_UP support.
	* Move per cpu setup to kdba_cpu_up().
	* Rework support for 4K stacks to make backtrace more accurate.
	* Add BTSP option to get the full backtrace, including kdb routines.
	* Delete kdba_enable_mce, architectures now do their own setup.
	* Delete kdba_enable_lbr, kdba_disable_lbr, kdba_print_lbr,
	  page_fault_mca.  Only ever implemented on x86, difficult to maintain
	  and rarely used in the field.
	* Replace #ifdef KDB_HAVE_LONGJMP with #ifdef kdba_setjmp.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.17-i386-2.


Changelog extract since kdb-v4.4-2.6.17-x86_64-1.

2006-09-20 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-x86_64-1.

2006-09-15 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc7-x86_64-1.

2006-08-30 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Do not print debugstackptr in cpu_pda, it will be deleted soon.
	* Add KDB_ENTER().
	* Add warning for problems when following alternate stacks.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-x86_64-3.

2006-08-29 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Rewrite all backtrace code.
	* Add pt_regs and cpu_pda commands.
	* Include patch to define orig_ist, to be removed once that patch is in
	  the community tree.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-x86_64-2.

2006-08-28 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-x86_64-1.

2006-08-08 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc4-x86_64-1.

2006-08-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc3-x86_64-1.

2006-07-18 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc2-x86_64-1.

2006-07-12 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* sparse cleanups
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-x86_64-2.

2006-07-07 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-x86_64-1.

2006-07-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Make KDB rendezvous on x86_64 a two stage approach.
	* Move smp_kdb_stop() and smp_kdb_interrupt() to kdbasupport.c.
	* Move setting of interrupt traps to kdbasupport.c.
	* Add KDB_REASON_CPU_UP support.
	* Move per cpu setup to kdba_cpu_up().
	* Delete kdba_enable_mce, architectures now do their own setup.
	* Delete kdba_enable_lbr, kdba_disable_lbr, kdba_print_lbr,
	  page_fault_mca.  Only ever implemented on x86, difficult to maintain
	  and rarely used in the field.
	* Replace #ifdef KDB_HAVE_LONGJMP with #ifdef kdba_setjmp.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.17-x86_64-2.


Changelog extract since kdb v4.4-2.6.17-ia64-1.

2006-09-20 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-ia64-1.

2006-09-15 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc7-ia64-1.

2006-08-29 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Rewrite all backtrace code.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-ia64-2.

2006-08-28 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc5-ia64-1.

2006-08-08 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc4-ia64-1.

2006-08-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc3-ia64-1.

2006-07-18 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc2-ia64-1.

2006-07-12 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Remove dead KDB_REASON codes.
	* sparse cleanups.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-ia64-2.

2006-07-07 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* kdb v4.4-2.6.18-rc1-ia64-1.

2006-07-04 Keith Owens  <kaos@xxxxxxx>

	* Delete kdba_enable_lbr, kdba_disable_lbr, kdba_print_lbr,
	  page_fault_mca.  Only ever implemented on x86, difficult to maintain
	  and rarely used in the field.
	* Replace #ifdef KDB_HAVE_LONGJMP with #ifdef kdba_setjmp.
	* kdb v4.4-2.6.17-ia64-2.


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