SQL Server on Linux: Debugging ELF and PE Images (dbgbridge)


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In my last post I highlighted the marriage of PE and ELF images within the same process space to build SQL Server on Linux.  In this post I will expand upon the dbgbridge component, as mentioned by Slava in his latest channel 9 video.

 

The dbgbridge (Debugger Bridge) is a critical component in the SQL Server on Linux evolution.   A year before I joined the development team I worked on the supportability aspects of SQL Server on Linux.   There are lots of avenues for supportability (error messages, logging, documentation, data collection, …)  The bed rock for developing and