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Tag: john baldwin

  • Episode 06 of "FreeBSD for all" uploaded
    Source: FreeBSD for All
    Added: 05 June 2006
    Tags: freebsd for all, talk, john baldwin, freebsd vs linux
    Ogg version, MP3 version, 64 kbps MP3 version

    This week we talk about

    • Macromedia plugin
    • FreeBSD-Linux differences part 2
    • John Baldwin Introduction
    • Podcast anouncement - call for co-hosts!
  • John Baldwin - Multiple Passes of the FreeBSD Device Tree
    Source: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
    Added: 25 May 2009
    Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2009, presentation, freebsd, device tree, john baldwin
    Slides (60 Kb, 15 pages), Paper (103 Kb, 8 pages)

    Multiple Passes of the FreeBSD Device Tree

    The existing device driver framework in FreeBSD works fairly well for many tasks. However, there are a few problems that are not easily solved with the current design. These problems include having "real" device drivers for low-level hardware such as clocks and interrupt controllers, proper resource discovery and management, and allowing most drivers to always probe and attach in an environment where interrupts are enabled. I propose extending the device driver framework to support multiple passes over the device tree during boot. This would allow certain classes of drivers to be attached earlier and perform boot-time setup before other drivers are probed and attached. This in turn can be used to develop solutions to the earlier list of problems.

  • John Baldwin - Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel
    Source: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
    Added: 21 May 2008
    Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, paper, debugging, freebsd, john baldwin
    paper, PDF file (121 Kb, 15 pages), slides, PDF file (113 Kb, 26 pages)

    Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel

    Just like every other piece of software, the FreeBSD kernel has bugs. Debugging a kernel is a bit different from debugging a userland program as there is nothing underneath the kernel to provide debugging facilities such as ptrace() or procfs. This paper will give a brief overview of some of the tools available for investigating bugs in the FreeBSD kernel. It will cover the in-kernel debugger DDB and the external debugger kgdb which is used to perform post-mortem analysis on kernel crash dumps.

    Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel

    • Basic crash messages, what a crash looks like
      • typical panic() invocation
      • page fault example
    • "live" debugging with DDB
      • stack traces
      • ps
      • deadlock examples
      • show lockchain
      • show sleepchain
      • Adding new DDB commands
    • KGDB
      • inspecting processes and threads
      • working with kernel modules
      • using scripts to extend
    • examining crashdumps using utilities
      • ps, netstat, etc.
    • debugging strategies
      • kernel crashes
      • system hangs