From owner-freebsd-current Mon May 27 22:49:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA03309 for current-outgoing; Mon, 27 May 1996 22:49:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA03304 for ; Mon, 27 May 1996 22:49:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA04987; Mon, 27 May 1996 22:49:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605280549.WAA04987@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: possible bug in DDB? In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 28 May 96 00:52:52 -0400. Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 22:49:25 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > A couple of weeks back, someone posted about instabilities >on his machine, and by disabling DDB he seemed to have improved his >stability. So, me in my wishful state of mind, decided to try that >out and see if it helped...it did. Hmmm... I don't know how DDB would make things less stable, since it wouldn't be used unless you broke into it with a "panic", or on purpose. But, I'm not an expert on DDB, so there could be something I don't know about. I *do* know you shouldn't have DIAGNOSTIC defined unless you're doing serious kernel development. DIAGNOSTIC can make the kernel much less stable. I've never had problems with DDB in the kernel (of NetBSD -- but it's pretty much the same). On the other hand, I don't regularly run a news server. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------