From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E25CB77830 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:10:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id D4C1E14B3D for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:10:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 6E4F114AAC for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:10:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 458D1423A7 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:10:50 +0200 (CEST) From: =?UTF-8?q?Fabian=20Gr=C3=BCnbichler?= To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:10:41 +0200 Message-Id: <20210721121041.2921637-2-f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20210721121041.2921637-1-f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com> References: <20210721121041.2921637-1-f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.471 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH kernel 2/2] readme: document -dbgsym package X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:10:50 -0000 Signed-off-by: Fabian Grünbichler --- README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 042db01..6c426c0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -98,6 +98,18 @@ which device is actually used for /dev/watchdog. We ship this list in /lib/modprobe.d/blacklist_pve-kernel-.conf The user typically edit /etc/modules to enable a specific watchdog device. +Debug kernel and modules +------------------------ + +In order to build a -dbgsym package containing an unstripped copy of the kernel +image and modules, enable the 'pkg.pve-kernel.debug' build profile (e.g. by +exporting DEB_BUILD_PROFILES='pkg.pve-kernel.debug'). The resulting package can +be used together with 'crash'/'kdump-tools' to debug kernel crashes. + +Note: the -dbgsym package is only valid for the pve-kernel packages produced by +the same build. A kernel/module from a different build will likely not match, +even if both builds are of the same kernel and package version. + Additional information ---------------------- -- 2.30.2