It used to be that building the Linux kernel was not easy. Testing and debugging were even worse. Nowadays, it is reasonably easy to build a custom kernel and test or debug it using virtualization.
As with many Linux-related topics, the issue of using debuggers to troubleshoot the Linux kernel is not only technical--it's political. Linux is being mostly developed on the x86 platform, which does ...
Embedded Linux as an operating system for modern ARM processors? Maybe not such a bad idea? Linux is a multitasking operating system and therefore, each process must be assigned its own process ...
As many kernel developers and hackers have known for years, loadable/unloadable kernel modules (like user-space applications) are almost never bug-free. With the continuing use and development of ...
When you write programs in user space, the worst thing that can happen to your program is a core dump. Your program did something very wrong, so the operating system decided to give you all of its ...
PITTSBURGH, April 22, 2010 -- Timesys® Corporation (http://www.timesys.com), provider of award-winning embedded Linux solutions and support, and Lauterbach, leader ...
A growing number of embedded developers are experimenting with the Linux kernel and system services as a basis for new application development. But those developers embarking on the use of Linux as a ...
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WHAT: Digi-Key’s Continuing Education Center presents Linux Kernel Debugging. The lecturer for this session is Michael Anderson who is currently CTO and Chief Scientist for The PTR ...
4. Using a Intel ® JTAG debugger (XDB) for exceptions of Android Kernel on MinnowBoard MAX. We see the step by step procedure of using Intel ® JTAG debugger to check and debug the exception in a ...
Topic ===== local root exploit in linux kernel Problem Description ===== he Linux kernel has a security flaw that is known as ptrace/modprobe bug: The local attacker can use ptrace and attach to a ...