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Date:      Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:55:37 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Turning on debugging in GENERIC
Message-ID:  <3A111A29.F7A67799@newsguy.com>
References:  <XFMail.001113171938.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 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 on in
> addition, feel free to add to this list.

Please forgive me if I'm making a Terrycism and talking about old
issues, but isn't one of DIAGNOSTICS problem that it isn't "passive"
code and, thus, can actually hide bugs?

-- 
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org
capo@world.wide.bsdconspiracy.net

		He has been convicted of criminal possession of a clue with intent to
distribute.



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