Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:04:09 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 206005] KDB should give a more helpful error message for encrypted swap Message-ID: <bug-206005-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D206005 Bug ID: 206005 Summary: KDB should give a more helpful error message for encrypted swap Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: tony@git-pull.com On two systems running 11-CURRENT, I configured encrypted swap (both manual= ly through shell and through the installer front end). Both dumps I switched = on the setting for dumping to dev, which added: dumpdev=3D"AUTO" to /etc/rc.conf as expected. However, when panics occur and dropped into KDB, 'dump' would not work: Cannot dump: no dump device specified I ended up going around in circles for a while, until eventually I was explained it worked by dumping to swap, and I volunteered that my swap was = an eli drive. So since then, I reconfigured my system to use a swap drive without eli and= now dump works. I think KDB should give a more helpful message for encrypted swaps. KDB doe= sn't support dumping to encrypted swap. This confused me for quite a while, since there isn't much in handbooks / forums / lists about this shortcoming. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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