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Date:      Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:21:01 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        Andrzej Bialecki <abial@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c 
Message-ID:  <24745.905786461@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:45:58 %2B0800." <199809141346.VAA10681@spinner.netplex.com.au> 

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>crash(8) would be great, if only it could ever get written. :-)
>
>What I'd suggest is that the most sensible thing would be to have a 
>general supporting framework that could allow modules to be linked in to 
>extend the command set.  At a minimum, it'll need a pretty complete ps, 
>netstat, dmesg, stack traceback, process state dumps, a data examination 
>tool, disassembler, and the ability to teach it about new structures.  

Yeah, you could do wonders if you used the tclkvm extension I wrote
a couple of years back :-)

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
"ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal



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