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Subject: DDB capture buffer
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The default maximum size of the DDB capture buffer is 48 kB.  This is
ridiculously low; it's not even nearly enough to capture the output from
the first example in textdump(4):

    script kdb.enter.panic=3Dtextdump set; capture on; show allpcpu; bt;
         ps; alltrace; show alllocks; call doadump; reset

Would anyone object to increasing it to 1 MB?  DDB is opt-in, so it will
only affect people who compile it into their kernel (or -CURRENT users
who don't compile it out; they have it coming).

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no