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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:08:43 +0000
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf majors
Message-ID:  <20010226130843.A2853@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
In-Reply-To: <200102260955.f1Q9t2m39414@freefall.freebsd.org>; from julian@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:55:02AM -0800
References:  <200102260955.f1Q9t2m39414@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:55:02AM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> julian      2001/02/26 01:55:02 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/conf             majors 
>   Log:
>   take major number 18 for the nmdm "nullmodem" back-to-back tty device.
>   Incredibally useful for debugging kernels using vmware.
>   Vmware com1 is diverted to one side, and gdb listens to the other side.
>   viola.. instant debugging sandbox on one system.

I, and no doubt the DaemonNews folks, would be incredibly grateful if
you could write up an article explaining how to do this. . .

N
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