An important part of any open or closed software development cycle is testing and debugging. And the same applies to the Linux kernel. The end goal of testing and debugging is to ensure that the kernel is working in the same way as earlier, even after installing a new kernel source code.
Kernel testing and debugging
Configuring console for debugging using netconsole
One of the biggest issues with the Linux kernel is kernel panic. It is similar to the Blue Screen of Death for Microsoft Windows operating systems. If the kernel panics, it will dump a lot of information on the screen and just stay there. It is very difficult to trace a kernel panic if the system is rebooted as no logs are created for it. To solve this issue...
