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  • This is based on using Debian Wheezy HVMs. That means apt package manager and .deb package files.
  • Throughout this guide:
    • target is the VM that is being kernel debugged
    • host is the debugger, the VM where GDB is remotely connecting to the target.
  • For simplicity, it is assumed both the host and target are the same OS or distro. The paths and users on both are the same. Also password-less SSH login and sudo setup are assumed.
  • A basic set of development tools is needed on the target to build the kernel - apt-get install build-essential should be sufficient (note sometimes dpkg-dev or or ncurses-dev need to be installed manually).

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