From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Nov 13 22:35: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (grimreaper.grondar.za [196.7.18.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9214737B479; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:34:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAE6Ymw05170; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:34:48 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200011140634.eAE6Ymw05170@grimreaper.grondar.za> To: John Baldwin Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Turning on debugging in GENERIC References: In-Reply-To: ; from John Baldwin "Mon, 13 Nov 2000 17:19:38 PST." Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:34:48 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Well, I've seen several cases of this being talked about, but unless > there are major objections (and there shouldn't be), I plan to turn on > the following options in GENERIC in -current in 2-3 days: > > options INVARIANTS > options INVARIANT_SUPPORT > options DIAGNOSTICS > options WITNESS Cool! Hoping that it works, of course! :-) > Currently a kernel will not boot with WITNESS turned on (it will die > during the SCSI/ATA probes), but I have patches to fix this that have > been tested on UP and SMP x86 and work fine and I am in the process of > testing on my Alpha. If anyone has any other debugging options that > they would like to see turned onin addition, feel free to add to this > list. Aren't there some speed issues, or have these been worked out? M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message