From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 18:09:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6A716A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:09:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D813C43D4C for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:09:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C9CF972DD8; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:09:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4B7C72DCB; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:09:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:09:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Mike Jakubik In-Reply-To: <4420.172.16.0.199.1110301463.squirrel@172.16.0.199> Message-ID: <20050308100730.Q38988@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <2861.172.16.0.199.1109814152.squirrel@172.16.0.199> <20050303015438.GF15329@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <2910.172.16.0.199.1109816379.squirrel@172.16.0.199> <1646.172.16.0.199.1110049506.squirrel@172.16.0.199> <4420.172.16.0.199.1110301463.squirrel@172.16.0.199> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reproducible Panic with port iplog X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:09:02 -0000 On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Doug White said: > > >> Typing "call doadump" in the kernel debugger does work. Is there no way > >> to > >> have the kernel automatically do a dump when the system panics and there > >> is no debugger compiled in? > > > > That should be the default behavior if a dumpdev is set (in rc.conf with > > "dumpdev" or manually with the dumpon(8) command). > > It does not seem to be for me. The system just stands there doing nothing > after the panic, when there is no debugger built in the kernel. > > P.S. I have also submitted a PR for this. > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78384 I don't know if I can get to this before the release, but I've put it on my tracking list. I need a way to provoke a panic, and the best way seems to be to program the syscons panic key. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org