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Date:      Mon, 5 May 2008 20:40:08 +0200
From:      Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com>
To:        Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/arm/at91 uart_dev_at91usart.c src/sys/dev/dcons dcons_os.c src/sys/dev/ofw ofw_console.c src/sys/dev/sio sio.c src/sys/dev/uart uart_core.c src/sys/kern subr_kdb.c src/sys/pc98/cbus sio.c src/sys/sun4v/sun4v hvcons.c src/sys/sys ...
Message-ID:  <20080505184008.GA1696@roadrunner.spoerlein.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080505200123.X97634@mp2.macomnet.net>
References:  <200805042329.m44NTcfv093169@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080505055713.GL97613@carrot.home.paeps.cx> <20080505105143.F97634@mp2.macomnet.net> <20080505200123.X97634@mp2.macomnet.net>

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On Mon, 05.05.2008 at 20:02:27 +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
> On Mon, 5 May 2008, 10:53+0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 5 May 2008, 07:57+0200, Philip Paeps wrote:
> >
> > > On 2008-05-04 23:29:38 (+0000), Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   Expand kdb_alt_break a little, most commonly used with the option
> > > >   ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER.  In addition to "Enter ~ ctrl-B" (to enter the
> > > >   debugger), there is now "Enter ~ ctrl-P" (force panic) and
> > > >   "Enter ~ ctrl-R" (request clean reboot, ala ctrl-alt-del on syscons).
> > >
> > > Thanks for this! :-)
> > >
> > Seconded.  But we need to document this somewhere (expand a
> > comment in NOTES?).
> >
> Does it sound OK?

I really think this should be documented in ddb(4) or kdb(4). I'm using
a lot of systems without /usr/src and periodically have to re-read what
the magic break sequence was.

Cheers,
Ulrich Spoerlein
-- 
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool,
than to speak, and remove all doubt.



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