Linux Kernel Developers Considering Removal Of KGDB Debugging Functionality

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phoronix at 28 Oct, 19:15 UTC

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…