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Why are two machines necessary for KGDB?

April 26, 2017kgdb machines necessary

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Why are two machines necessary for KGDB?

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KGDB requires gdb for handling source code and debug information generated by gcc. gdb cannot be run on the test machine when the kernel is in debug state. Hence gdb has to be run on a separate machine which contains a running kernel.