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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 490d862c5f0..d71b57fcf11 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -710,7 +710,18 @@ Task Addr Pid Parent [*] cpu State Thread Command <listitem><para>A simple shell</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The kdb core command set</para></listitem> <listitem><para>A registration API to register additional kdb shell commands.</para> - <para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See: kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>A good example of a self-contained kdb module + is the "ftdump" command for dumping the ftrace buffer. See: + kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>For an example of how to dynamically register + a new kdb command you can build the kdb_hello.ko kernel module + from samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c. To build this example you can + set CONFIG_SAMPLES=y and CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB=m in your kernel + config. Later run "modprobe kdb_hello" and the next time you + enter the kdb shell, you can run the "hello" + command.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist></listitem> <listitem><para>The implementation for kdb_printf() which emits messages directly to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel log.</para></listitem> |