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Date:      Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:56:21 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: system hangs ... not sure how to debug ...
Message-ID:  <20001127215621.T8051@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011272208420.425-100000@thelab.hub.org>; from scrappy@hub.org on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 10:11:39PM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011272208420.425-100000@thelab.hub.org>

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* The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> [001127 18:12] wrote:
> 
> Morning all ...
> 
> 	Every since the SMPng code went into -current way back when, I've
> been experiencing hangs ... and am not quite sure how to debug this.  I'm
> in X all the time, so breaking to the debugger to see where its hanging
> isn't possible ...
> 
> 	Some kernels its relatively easy to trigger, some kernels are
> harder to trigger, but they all do at some point in time ...
> 	
> 	Can someone suggestion a method of being able to debug this?

Serial console, add BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER (sp?) to your kernel config and
hook your laptop up to it.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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