From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 25 17:42:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D526F16A4CF; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:42:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao08.cox.net (lakermmtao08.cox.net [68.230.240.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2630E43D4C; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:42:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.71.51]) by lakermmtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02.01 201-2131-111-104-103-20040709) with ESMTP id <20040725174229.CRCF3428.lakermmtao08.cox.net@dolphin.local.net>; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:42:29 -0400 Received: from dolphin.local.net (localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6PHgUWr060904; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:42:30 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@dolphin.local.net) Received: (from conrads@localhost) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6PHgUAV060903; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:42:30 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20040725035315.GA1473@green.homeunix.org> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:42:30 -0500 (CDT) Organization: A Rag-Tag Band of Drug-Crazed Hippies From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Scott Long Subject: Re: [amd64] Instability worse than ever X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: conrads@cox.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:42:33 -0000 On 25-Jul-2004 Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 08:33:57PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: >> >> >> Been meaning to ask about that. Would a null modem connection from >> my other machine be useable as the serial console? I have all the >> kernel config options and the sio flags set to enable the serial >> console, but wasn't sure if that would work or not. If so, I could >> try that. > > Absolutely; I just set this up a few days ago, so I know this works > with -CURRENT. First, set the sio.0.flags hint in > /boot/device.hints to "0x90" so it is a vailable for use as a serial > console. Then, set up the kernel with DDB and KDB and set > /etc/sysctl.conf to turn the debug.debugger_on_panic switch to 1. > You should probably be running with at least WITNESS and INVARIANTS, > but not necessarily DIAGNOSTIC. Thanks, will do! -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"