Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 16:35:58 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> Cc: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Whither ddb Message-ID: <199602240035.QAA03638@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Feb 1996 19:21:56 EDT." <199602240021.AAA00739@exalt.x.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>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? Either use the debugger escape sequence (ctrl-alt-esc or ctrl-printscrn), or wait for the system to panic - it will drop into the debugger at that time. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199602240035.QAA03638>