diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index 028a8444d95e252a4c0830b70eb6b71311509660..e8acd1f034567b217f9e9998f5bc05b4c24e276e 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -84,10 +84,9 @@
     runs an instance of gdb against the vmlinux file which contains
     the symbols (not boot image such as bzImage, zImage, uImage...).
     In gdb the developer specifies the connection parameters and
-    connects to kgdb.  Depending on which kgdb I/O modules exist in
-    the kernel for a given architecture, it may be possible to debug
-    the test machine's kernel with the development machine using a
-    rs232 or ethernet connection.
+    connects to kgdb.  The type of connection a developer makes with
+    gdb depends on the availability of kgdb I/O modules compiled as
+    builtin's or kernel modules in the test machine's kernel.
     </para>
   </chapter>
   <chapter id="CompilingAKernel">
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@
   </para>
   <para>
   IMPORTANT NOTE: Using this option with kgdb over the console
-  (kgdboc) or kgdb over ethernet (kgdboe) is not supported.
+  (kgdboc) is not supported.
   </para>
   </sect1>
   </chapter>
@@ -249,18 +248,11 @@
     (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0
     </programlisting>
     <para>
-    Example (kgdb to a terminal server):
+    Example (kgdb to a terminal server on tcp port 2012):
     </para>
     <programlisting>
     % gdb ./vmlinux
-    (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443
-    </programlisting>
-    <para>
-    Example (kgdb over ethernet):
-    </para>
-    <programlisting>
-    % gdb ./vmlinux
-    (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443
+    (gdb) target remote 192.168.2.2:2012
     </programlisting>
     <para>
     Once connected, you can debug a kernel the way you would debug an
diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c
index 79e3c90113c2874d592ece9d9cdef0e496499870..3ec23c3ec97fae75910a399b4b7200fb6a9169c6 100644
--- a/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -1499,7 +1499,8 @@ int kgdb_nmicallback(int cpu, void *regs)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-void kgdb_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned count)
+static void kgdb_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
+   unsigned count)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;