KGDB: kernel debugger
modulename: debug_core.ko
and/orkgdb.ko
configname: CONFIG_KGDB
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Kernel hacking
└─>Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments
└─>KGDB: kernel debugger
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12 )
If you say Y here, it will be possible to remotely debug the
kernel using gdb. It is recommended but not required, that
you also turn on the kernel config option
CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER to aid in producing more reliable stack
backtraces in the external debugger. <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation">Documentation</a> of
kernel debugger is available at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net
as well as in <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst.">Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst.</a> If
unsure, say N.
kernel using gdb. It is recommended but not required, that
you also turn on the kernel config option
CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER to aid in producing more reliable stack
backtraces in the external debugger. <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation">Documentation</a> of
kernel debugger is available at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net
as well as in <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst.">Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst.</a> If
unsure, say N.