Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:20:38 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no boot: config -g and options DDB Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971227172000.22759G-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971227163221.5475A-100000@opus.cts.cwu.edu>
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you don't need to BOOt it just have it around when you look at hte core dump.. boot a stripped (with -d) version of the same kernel. On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Chris Timmons wrote: > > It says that in the section about remote debugging using gdb. Should I be > able to boot a kernel that is config -g'd with options DDB and not > stripped? Actually I'm not really trying to do remote kernel debugging > with gdb. > > I was thinking that I would want to config -g to make a more interesting > dump when I call panic from in ddb, allowing me to do some poking later > with KGDB. > > How does BRUCE do it??? :) > > -c > > On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Bruce Evans wrote: > > > >but it boots when I strip -x the kernel like it says to do in the > > >handbook. "never mind" :) > > > > It shouldn't say that. -x breaks everything that needs static symbols, > > e.g., systat. -d is correct. > > > > Bruce > > > >
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