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From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel debugging - what's the procedure?
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On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 03:29:41AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Josef Karthauser wrote:
> > What's the current method for debugging kernels?
> >=20
> >     genius# gdb -k /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENIUS/kernel.debug=20
> Running kernels?
>=20
> You use another machine, and connect the serial ports together.
> See the handbook for details.

I'd love to ;) but no additional machine is available at the moment.
=20
> If this is against a dead kernel, etiher your dump image is
> bad, or it doesn't match the kernel that made the dump.

That's what I'd guess too, but the kernel that crashed is the same as
the kernel that I'm debugging it on - I'm pretty sure: compiled today.

Joe

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