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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:24:00 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Steve Miano <stevem@grf.ov.com>
Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Problem doing kernel debugging with gdb.
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On Tue, Oct 14, 1997 at 03:35:36PM -0400, Steve Miano wrote:
> Hello
> 
> 
> You Wrote on page 
> http://www.kr.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook268.html#602
> 
> % gdb -k kernel
> GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
>  under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details.
> GDB 4.16 (i386-unknown-freebsd), 
> Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
> (kgdb) 
> 
> This option does not appear to availible in my debugger. What am I missing?
> Here is the output to my version of gdb.
> 
> % gdb -k kernel
> gdb: unrecognized option `-k'
> Use `gdb --help' for a complete list of options.
> 
> % gdb
> GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
>  under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details.
> GDB 4.16 (sparc-sun-solaris2.3), Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  ^^^^^^^^

> (gdb) Quit
> 
> I am running this on a 2.5 box.

gdb thinks it's running on a Sparc under Solaris.  I tend to believe
it.  If not, I'd be very interested to know where you got the gdb
from.

Greg