Does anybody know of a PCI-Express card that works for kernel debugging? I
see such things exist, like the Siig NN-E38012-S2. I need to do kernel
debugging on a motherboard that only has PCI-e slots, not PCI slots.
Reverting back to a serial port is going to be really ugly for writing crash
dumps over the debug port.
Second question, can I connect multiple target machines with 1394 to a
single machine that runs the kernel debugger. I assume I can assign a unique
channel number to each system’s boot.ini, but don’t know if the debug
drivers are going to like the kind of configuration. I basically want to
debug any system on a rack full of systems, on an as needed basis, without
going and moving cables.
JAN:
I’m pretty sure that you can connect multiple targets to one host. I’m
just about to try this myself, so I can let you know in aa few hours,
hopefully.
I have no idea of answer to the first question.
MM
>> xxxxx@pmatrix.com 2006-08-28 06:36 >>>
Does anybody know of a PCI-Express card that works for kernel
debugging? I
see such things exist, like the Siig NN-E38012-S2. I need to do kernel
debugging on a motherboard that only has PCI-e slots, not PCI slots.
Reverting back to a serial port is going to be really ugly for writing
crash
dumps over the debug port.
Second question, can I connect multiple target machines with 1394 to a
single machine that runs the kernel debugger. I assume I can assign a
unique
channel number to each system’s boot.ini, but don’t know if the debug
drivers are going to like the kind of configuration. I basically want
to
debug any system on a rack full of systems, on an as needed basis,
without
going and moving cables.
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>can I connect multiple target machines with 1394 to a single machine that runs the kernel debugger
Yes, you can.
I assume I can assign a unique channel number to each system’s boot.ini
Correct.
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Slava Imameyev, xxxxx@hotmail.com
“Jan Bottorff” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
Does anybody know of a PCI-Express card that works for kernel debugging? I see such things exist, like the Siig NN-E38012-S2. I need to do kernel debugging on a motherboard that only has PCI-e slots, not PCI slots. Reverting back to a serial port is going to be really ugly for writing crash dumps over the debug port.
Second question, can I connect multiple target machines with 1394 to a single machine that runs the kernel debugger. I assume I can assign a unique channel number to each system’s boot.ini, but don’t know if the debug drivers are going to like the kind of configuration. I basically want to debug any system on a rack full of systems, on an as needed basis, without going and moving cables.
- Jan
“Jan Bottorff” wrote:
> Does anybody know of a PCI-Express card that works for kernel debugging? I
> see such things exist, like the Siig NN-E38012-S2. I need to do kernel
> debugging on a motherboard that only has PCI-e slots, not PCI slots.
> Reverting back to a serial port is going to be really ugly for writing crash
> dumps over the debug port.
I’ve not had to equip a PCI Express-only machine yet either; sorry.
> Second question, can I connect multiple target machines with 1394 to a
> single machine that runs the kernel debugger. I assume I can assign a unique
> channel number to each system’s boot.ini, but don’t know if the debug
> drivers are going to like the kind of configuration. I basically want to
> debug any system on a rack full of systems, on an as needed basis, without
> going and moving cables.
I can confirm I’m able to have multiple instances of WinDBG running,
each connected to a different 1394-based kernel debug connection,
using test machines that are all connected to the same 1394 hub and
have been assigned unique channel number.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windbg/browse_frm/thread/1d796aca9548ca6e/
http://www.osronline.com/showthread.cfm?link=88455
Alan Adams