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Re: [Xen-devel] Debugging Xen early boot




> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Vrabel [mailto:david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 9:04 AM
> To: Zytaruk, Kelly; Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Debugging Xen early boot
> 
> On 06/05/16 13:31, Zytaruk, Kelly wrote:
> >
> > As for the other question I am still curious as to how to debug early
> > Xen. How was __start_xen written and tested, what sort of tools were
> > used to debug it and get it working right? What do I do in situations
> > where I absolutely can't get serial working properly?
> 
> When I was working on the kexec code in Xen I had some success with using an
> ICE.  They're not cheap though and no off-the-shelf x86 motherboard has the
> correct header to connect an ICE...

Looks like my options are limited as I am on a budget :(
I think I will pass on trying to resolve the issue with the bad PCIe port and 
use the one that works.

> 
> David
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