Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: A General Introduction and Approaches to Kernel Debugging
Chapter 1: A General Introduction to Debugging Software
Technical requirements
Cloning this book's code repository
Software debugging – what it is, origins, and myths
Software bugs – a few actual cases
Patriot missile failure
The ESA's unmanned Ariane 5 rocket
Mars Pathfinder reset issue
The Boeing 737 MAX aircraft – the MCAS and lack of training of the flight crew
Other cases
Setting up the workspace
Running Linux as a native or guest OS
Running Linux as a guest OS
Installing the Oracle VirtualBox guest additions
Installing required software packages
A tale of two kernels
A production and a debug kernel
Setting up our custom production kernel
Setting ...
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