Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 21:47:36 +0200 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier), hasty@rah.star-gate.com, current@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intelligent Debugging Tools... Message-ID: <199604281947.AA14405@Sisyphos> In-Reply-To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> "Re: Intelligent Debugging Tools..." (Apr 24, 13:28)
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On Apr 24, 13:28, Michael Smith wrote: } Subject: Re: Intelligent Debugging Tools... } Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying: } > } > Is it also a hardware problem that prevents me from getting } > a coredump after issuing 2xpanic at the ddb> prompt to cause it to } > reboot? My -current machine reboots and drops core so that I can } > run kgdb against it, but my -stable machine won't :( } } This machines has an NCR controller in it IIRC. You should talk to } Stefan about this - dumping requires the controller to run in polled } mode, and it's possible that's not happening. Well, I've got to admit, that it is possible the dump code isn't working with the current NCR driver. I didn't test it myself lately, but there has been another report complaining about no kernel dump being saved. This was supposed to work and did a time, and since the driver code didn't change, I suppose some other kernel code did. If it is obvious from the sources, I'll suggest a fix and send you a patch. but I can't promise to get this fixed soon, since my development system is currently installed at my new place of employment, and I don't have access to it, outside business hours. I'll either have to buy a new development system or a new system for the office work, and I'll try to decide this within a week or two ... Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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