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kgdb: documentation update - remove kgdboe
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kgdboe is not presently included kgdb, and there should be no
references to it.

Also fix the tcp port terminal connection example.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <[email protected]>
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runs an instance of gdb against the vmlinux file which contains
the symbols (not boot image such as bzImage, zImage, uImage...).
In gdb the developer specifies the connection parameters and
connects to kgdb. Depending on which kgdb I/O modules exist in
the kernel for a given architecture, it may be possible to debug
the test machine's kernel with the development machine using a
rs232 or ethernet connection.
connects to kgdb. The type of connection a developer makes with
gdb depends on the availability of kgdb I/O modules compiled as
builtin's or kernel modules in the test machine's kernel.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="CompilingAKernel">
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</para>
<para>
IMPORTANT NOTE: Using this option with kgdb over the console
(kgdboc) or kgdb over ethernet (kgdboe) is not supported.
(kgdboc) is not supported.
</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0
</programlisting>
<para>
Example (kgdb to a terminal server):
Example (kgdb to a terminal server on tcp port 2012):
</para>
<programlisting>
% gdb ./vmlinux
(gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443
</programlisting>
<para>
Example (kgdb over ethernet):
</para>
<programlisting>
% gdb ./vmlinux
(gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443
(gdb) target remote 192.168.2.2:2012
</programlisting>
<para>
Once connected, you can debug a kernel the way you would debug an
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