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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:15:02 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r296102 - head/usr.sbin/bhyveload
Message-ID:  <201602261615.u1QGF2jb026624@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: marcel
Date: Fri Feb 26 16:15:02 2016
New Revision: 296102
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/296102

Log:
  Add option -C to have the guest memory included in core files.
  This aids in debugging OS loaders.

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
  head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c

Modified: head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8	Fri Feb 26 16:12:20 2016	(r296101)
+++ head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8	Fri Feb 26 16:15:02 2016	(r296102)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 7, 2015
+.Dd February 26, 2016
 .Dt BHYVELOAD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 guest inside a bhyve virtual machine
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
+.Op Fl C
 .Op Fl S
 .Op Fl c Ar cons-dev
 .Op Fl d Ar disk-path
@@ -125,6 +126,12 @@ respectively.
 The default value of
 .Ar mem-size
 is 256M.
+.It Fl C
+Include guest memory in the core file when
+.Nm
+dumps core.
+This is intended for debugging an OS loader as it allows inspection of
+the guest memory.
 .It Fl S
 Wire guest memory.
 .El

Modified: head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c	Fri Feb 26 16:12:20 2016	(r296101)
+++ head/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c	Fri Feb 26 16:15:02 2016	(r296102)
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	consin_fd = STDIN_FILENO;
 	consout_fd = STDOUT_FILENO;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Sc:d:e:h:l:m:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "CSc:d:e:h:l:m:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'c':
 			error = altcons_open(optarg);
@@ -709,6 +709,9 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 			if (error != 0)
 				errx(EX_USAGE, "Invalid memsize '%s'", optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'C':
+			memflags |= VM_MEM_F_INCORE;
+			break;
 		case 'S':
 			memflags |= VM_MEM_F_WIRED;
 			break;

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