From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 23 16:22:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA22759 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 16:22:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from expo.x.org (expo.x.org [198.112.45.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA22754 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 16:22:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from exalt.x.org by expo.x.org id AA11293; Fri, 23 Feb 96 19:21:58 -0500 Received: from localhost by exalt.x.org id AAA00739; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 00:21:57 GMT Message-Id: <199602240021.AAA00739@exalt.x.org> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Whither ddb Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 19:21:56 EDT From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Color me ignorant. I've jumped into kernel hacking on my 2.1R system with both feet and but now I've run into a roadblock. `man -k debug` hints at ddb. `man ddb` says it's a better replacement for kdb. I've built ddb support into my kernel? Is there supposed to be a separate ddb program? If so there's no such beast on my system. A cursory look at FreeBSD-stable on WC didn't reveal sources for a separate ddb program either. The ddb man page says a lot about how to use ddb once running but??? What exactly is the strategy for debugging a kernel? -- Kaleb KEITHLEY