Architecture

MDB Architecture

This page describes the internal architecture of MDB and how the source code is related.  At the moment, we are only able to provide a brief overview of the source code layout, but we will follow up with more specific documentation as it is written.

kmdb Architecture

A description of the design and implementation of kmdb can be found here.

Source Code Layout

The vast majority of the code for MDB resides within
usr/src/cmd/mdb.  A
support driver for kmdb can be found in
usr/src/uts/common/io/kmdb.
The precise layout within these directories can be somewhat confusing, so here is a brief overview.  We avoid discussing the MDB makefile system, as this is a family web site.