Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 13:00:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no boot: config -g and options DDB Message-ID: <19971228130040.23145@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971227172000.22759G-100000@current1.whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 05:20:38PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971227163221.5475A-100000@opus.cts.cwu.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.95.971227172000.22759G-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 05:20:38PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Chris Timmons wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Bruce Evans wrote: >> >>>> but it boots when I strip -x the kernel like it says to do in the >>>> handbook. "never mind" :) >>> >>> It shouldn't say that. -x breaks everything that needs static symbols, >>> e.g., systat. -d is correct. >> >> It says that in the section about remote debugging using gdb. Should I be >> able to boot a kernel that is config -g'd with options DDB and not >> stripped? Actually I'm not really trying to do remote kernel debugging >> with gdb. >> >> I was thinking that I would want to config -g to make a more interesting >> dump when I call panic from in ddb, allowing me to do some poking later >> with KGDB. >> >> How does BRUCE do it??? :) > > you don't need to BOOt it > just have it around when you look at hte core dump.. > boot a stripped (with -d) version of the same kernel. It's useful to have the complete symbols if you're using ddb online. I've just tryed it on a 16 MB 486, and it works. It left 4.5 MB over--enough, I suppose, for the system to run. Greg
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