Explore crash debugging skills in RISC-V devices, develop the skills to analyze binaries, and leverage cutting-edge troubleshooting features through hands-on techniques and expert insights
Key Features
- Diagnose and fix kernel panics, crashes, and system failures on RISC-V Linux boards
- Apply kernel concepts like interrupts and exceptions in practical debugging
- Explore various case studies for crash issues in practice
Book Description
Unlock crash debugging skills in RISC-V devices! Written by a Linux kernel engineer and author with over 15 years of industry experience, this book builds a strong foundation in crash debugging and guides you from beginner to advanced level. You will learn powerful techniques to analyze various crash dumps, giving you the ability to debug RISC-V systems at their core. This practical, three-part journey starts with the essentials of crash debugging process, introducing the type of crashes and troubleshooting steps. The second part walks you through the key fundamentals of RISC-V that are necessary for crash debugging in RISC-V devices. The final part covers innovative methods for crash debugging and the powerful debugging tool, such as Crash Utiltiy and GDB. By the end of this book, you'll have comprehensive RISC-V expertise with strong crash debugging skills to analyze any memory dumps with confidence.
What you will learn
- Understand the key features of RISC-V used in real-world projects
- Learn how the Linux kernel interfaces with the RISC-V architecture
- Understand how RISC-V features are implemented at the software level
- Learn practical debugging skills to monitor crashes in a Linux system
- Improve troubleshooting skills using GDB and Crash Utility
- Examine RISC-V binaries when crash issues occur
- Pinpoint the root cause of crashes by analyzing binaries
Who this book is for
This book is for embedded developers, system engineers, firmware engineers, security consultants, and ethical hackers. A basic understanding of C programming is recommended. Familiarity with computer architecture, Linux systems, and security concepts will help you get the most out of this book.
