<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com" target="_blank">mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Rob...<br>
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Robert P. J. Day <<a href="mailto:rpjday@crashcourse.ca">rpjday@crashcourse.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> along those lines, i'm just digging into ftrace and was wondering if<br>
> it in any way obsoleted systemtap, but i've heard from more than one<br>
> source that while ftrace is allegedly more powerful, systemtap still<br>
> has its place and is worth talking about.<br>
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</div>since systemtap is still included in Redhat Enterprise Linux, I could<br>
firmly say SystemTap is still highly relevant these days. So is<br>
kdump/kexec.<br>
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> so ... if one was going to put together a (small) toolbox of kernel<br>
> debugging tools, what's worth covering? interested in any feedback.<br>
<br>
</div>IMHO, the most important part is the art of understanding oops message<br>
and its related stack trace.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I agree :) <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Or worst, what if the system just hangs....divide and conquer things<br>
like disabling acpi, sysrq, might be the skills we need here.<br>
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Not sure if you agree with me here, but I just deliver my ideas.<br>
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regards,<br>
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Mulyadi Santosa<br>
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant<br>
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