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Linux Kernel Developers Considering Removal Of KGDB Debugging Functionality

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Linux Kernel Developers Considering Removal Of KGDB Debugging Functionality
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Merged to the kernel all the way back in Linux 2.6.26 in 2008 was KGDB for improving the kernel debugging experience. KGDB works in conjunction with the GNU Debugger (GDB) to debug the kernel in a similar fashion to user-space debugging. KGDB requires the use of a second computer connected via serial or network cable. KGDB isn't widely used in recent years and a patch was floated today to remove it from the Linux kernel...

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