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charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: emaste X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 6183910d617e179c8e39d82125e3f63fab2b99a8 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 14:20:20 +0000 Message-Id: <69fc9fa4.215e6.4e789a39@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=6183910d617e179c8e39d82125e3f63fab2b99a8 commit 6183910d617e179c8e39d82125e3f63fab2b99a8 Author: Ed Maste AuthorDate: 2024-12-09 13:26:52 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste CommitDate: 2026-05-07 14:19:51 +0000 developers-handbook: Remove some refs to long-past-EOL versions Reviewed by: markj Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56868 --- .../content/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/_index.adoc | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/_index.adoc index 006ae4178a..407042d805 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/_index.adoc @@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ Full memory dumps:: Hold the complete contents of physical memory. Minidumps:: -Hold only memory pages in use by the kernel (FreeBSD 6.2 and higher). +Hold only memory pages in use by the kernel. Textdumps:: -Hold captured, scripted, or interactive debugger output (FreeBSD 7.1 and higher). +Hold captured, scripted, or interactive debugger output. -Minidumps are the default dump type as of FreeBSD 7.0, and in most cases will capture all necessary information present in a full memory dump, as most problems can be isolated only using kernel state. +Minidumps are the default dump type, and in most cases will capture all necessary information present in a full memory dump, as most problems can be isolated only using kernel state. [[config-dumpdev]] === Configuring the Dump Device @@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ After rebooting, your system should save a dump in [.filename]#/var/crash# along ==== This section covers man:kgdb[1]. The latest version is included in the package:devel/gdb[]. -An older version is also present in FreeBSD 11 and earlier. ==== To enter into the debugger and begin getting information from the dump, start kgdb: @@ -551,7 +550,6 @@ Remember that it is hard to read the on-line manual while single-stepping the ke == On-Line Kernel Debugging Using Remote GDB The FreeBSD kernel provides a second KDB backend for on-line debugging: man:gdb[4]. -This feature has been supported since FreeBSD 2.2, and it is actually a very neat one. GDB has supported _remote debugging_ for a long time. This is done using a very simple protocol along a serial line.