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Date:      Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:27:10 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c
Message-ID:  <20010814091732.A8344-100000@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010813111629.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, John Baldwin wrote:

> On 13-Aug-01 Bruce Evans wrote:
> > bde         2001/08/13 06:22:50 PDT
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/i386/i386        machdep.c
> >   Log:
> >   Use interrupt gates instead of trap gates for breakpoint and trace
> >   traps, so that ddb can keep control (almost) no matter how it is
> >   entered.  ...

> I take it the disabling of interrupts in Debugger() can be axed now?

Yes.  Also in i386-gdbstub.c.

The anti-reentrancy flag in Debugger() can probably be axed too.  It
is similarly half-baked and is now unnecessary for preventing reentrance
via the keyboard interrupt handler.

Bruce


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