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@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ perform kernel debugging, you would do:
(kgdb)
+This directory also contains a kgdb script that given a crash dump number
+automaticly extract the path to the kernel source, run gdb to extract
+information about kernel modules loaded, and then rerun gdb loading the
+necessary symbols for the modules. You need to make sure you build the
+modules w/ debugging symbols seperately to get things to work.
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