HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

Libraries and Programming
Debugging
Chapter 9
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• Source code interspersed with disassembly listing
• Ability to attach and detach from a running kernel
• Ability to debug multiple targets on any subnet simultaneously
• Support for crash dump analysis
• Support for remote crash dump analysis
• Support for live memory analysis
• Support for Perl scripts
Impact
There are no impacts.
Compatibility
KWDB supports debugging of any PA-RISC system running HP-UX 11.0 or later or any
Itanium-based system. The host system can be any PA-RISC system running HP-UX
release 10.20 or later or any Itanium-based system.
KWDB incorporates all the features of Q4, a crash dump and live memory analyzer. It
can be used to analyze crash dumps from 32-bit or 64-bit PA-RISC systems or
Itanium-based systems.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Documentation
The manpage for kwdb, kwdb (1) has been added.
Product information, file downloads and, documentation are available at
http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechSoftwareDetailPage_IDX/1,17
03,257,00.html
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
HP Wildebeest Debugger (WDB)
The HP Wildebeest Debugger (WDB) 4.0 is an HP-supported implementation of the GDB
version 5.0 debugger. It supports source-level debugging of a program written in HP C,
HP aC++ and Fortran 90 on HP-UX 11i v1.6 and later.
Summary of Change
HP WDB 4.0 includes the following features:
• Performance improvements over 11.22 of up to 50% improvement in startup time
and 70% improvement in runtime.
• Support for Runtime Memory Checking: