Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 10:53:16 -0800 From: Thomas Skibo <thomasskibo@yahoo.com> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Entering kdb in early boot Message-ID: <19B30B15-83CE-41A4-8830-CF4D44EA6F45@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1518913084.91697.8.camel@freebsd.org> References: <FADD8596-6CFA-4982-A922-3E0B42607DB3@yahoo.com> <1518913084.91697.8.camel@freebsd.org>
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> On Feb 17, 2018, at 4:18 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 2018-02-17 at 15:50 -0800, Thomas Skibo via freebsd-arm wrote: >> Hello: >> >> I noticed that ARM machdep.c doesn’t support entering kdb on boot >> (boot -d from the loader). I looked to see how other architectures >> implement it and came up with an easy patch. >> >> While trying to get this to work, I discovered that machdep_boot.c >> doesn’t include opt_ddb.h and so the kernel symbols weren’t getting >> loaded into the debugger early in the boot (see the call to >> db_fetch_ksymtab() in freebsd_parse_boot_param()). I have never >> noticed any problems with symbols in kdb before. I wonder how those >> symbols eventually get loaded and wonder if now I'm calling it twice. >> >> In any case, I’d be happy to put this up on phabricator if you like. >> >> —Thomas >> > > Please do. > > -- Ian https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14428 <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14428>;help
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