Sure, I've most recently been trying to debug and patch a kernel driver, but in order to run kgdb (gdb kernel debugger) I have to have a serial connection betwe

Sure, I've most recently been trying to debug and patch a kernel driver, but in order to run kgdb (gdb kernel debugger) I have to have a serial connection between 2 machines of the same architecture. Unfortunately not too many modern PCs have serial ports and I've been running through different motherboard connectors and pci cards with no avail. I've had similar hardware issues doing kernel projects and often by the time I get what I've need, I've lost interest in the project. As far as "proper development environment" goes, I have a bad habit of wanting a perfectionist environment with everything cleanly structured before I start writing serious core. If course this always bores me to death and prevents me from actually getting anything done, as opposed to just immediately starting to hack away