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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Tofik Suleymanov <tofik@oxygen.az>
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Subject: Re: kernel debugging question
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On 2006-01-07 17:17, Tofik Suleymanov <tofik@oxygen.az> wrote:
> Reading through http://www.netbsd.org i've met this:
>
>        Forcing code to enter DDB
>
> Ensure your kernel config file contains '|options DDB|', the file has
> '|#include "opt_ddb.h"|', then use '|Debugger()|'.
>
> ...
>
> Does this work on FreeBSD also ?

This is slightly different in FreeBSD.  You have to call:

	#include <sys/kdb.h>

        kdb_enter(NULL);		/* Enter without a message */

or

	#include <sys/kdb.h>

	kdb_enter("Forced into debugger by Giorgos");