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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> --On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 14:45:05 -0500 Kenneth Culver
> <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> wrote:
> >> Except when crashdumps don't work or are 1 GB+.  There are a few things
> >> we need:
> >>
> >> * Fix crash dumps.  I can't get a dump on my laptop, ATA.
> >>
> >> * Sparse crash dumps.  We don't need non-anonymous pages, for instance.
> >>
> >> * Fix GDB backtrace output (patch posted by gallatin@ and obrien@ may be
> >> working on integrating it.)
> >>
> >> * Fix backtrace() so the output goes to the console log.  Right now, we
> >> get output that needs to be hand-transcribed or use a serial console.
> >
> > This is also very useful for when FreeBSD crashes when X is running. If X
> > is running, the only option is a serial console, as you can't see the
> > crash to transcribe it otherwise, and most people don't have the spare
> > computer to use as a serial console.
>
> Or worse, as in my Laptop, NO SERIAL PORT AT ALL :-)

Yes, your ACPI crash debugging was a real Pain In The Butt.

-Nate