Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:16:05 -0300 (ART) From: "Fernando P. Schapachnik" <fpscha@servidor1.cursosvirtuales.com.ar> To: zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu (Zhihui Zhang) Cc: fernando@cursosvirtuales.com.ar, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Debugging kernel Message-ID: <200003091716.OAA12185@servidor1.cursosvirtuales.com.ar> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000309061021.22367B-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> from Zhihui Zhang at "Mar 9, 2000 6:14:20 am"
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> > Hello: > > A machine of mine is panicing very frequently. I wan't to get a > > kernel dump in order to debug the problem/submit a PR. > > > > The problem is my / partition isn't big enough to hold the 11 Mb > > debug kernel. The FAQ states that config -g should produce two kernels > > (one with debbuging symbols and another without). But this doesn't > > happen. Can I compile one without symbols and debug using the other. > > > > I made the / larger than default to put the debug kernel. You can compile > a debug kernel on the debugging machine and then ftp the kernel to the > target machine. If the / on the target machine is not large enough, you > can let the debug kernel overwrite the existing kernel with command > install. Then you can use remote debugging. The debug kernel is 11 Mb, a normal one is 2 Mb. My complete / only has 4 Mb spare, which makes 6 if I replace the normal one. Regards! Fernando P. Schapachnik -- Cursos Virtuales a través de Internet -- fernando@cursosvirtuales.com.ar -- http://www.cursosvirtuales.com.ar -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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