[Gllug] Serial debugging

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 4 June 2011 13:59, Adrian McMenamin <adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I want to debug a linux kernel on a serial terminal but one of the
> machines I want to use does not have a serial port so it seems the
> trusty null modem cable won't help (it's a laptop too, so I cannot
> really just plug a cheap PCI card in)
>
> Alternatives seem to be:
>
> USB -> serial (does this work, searching suggests I need to configure
> the USB port in a special way but it's not clear)
>
> Firewire <-> firewire (there seems to be kernel support for this but is
> it practical, anyone know)
>
> Something else? Anyone know?
>

Why can't you debug this by running the linux kernel in a kvm virtual machine?
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