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From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To: "Dorr H. Clark" <dclark@engr.scu.edu>
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Subject: Re: gdb/libkvm problem - can someone explain this?
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:06:17 -0800 (PST)
"Dorr H. Clark" <dclark@engr.scu.edu> wrote:

> 
> With FreeBSD 4.x, gdb -k is able to read and interpret
> the last 4 bytes of a page (4k) boundary.
> 
> In BSD 6.x/7.x/8.x using the kgdb program,
> if one issues the kgdb command:
>   (gdb) x /x 0xcbed8ffd
> An "invalid address" error is returned.  
> 

This is only 3 bytes - d, e, f.  Try it with 0xcbed8ffc.

BTW you got a little carried away with cross posting.

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Gary Jennejohn