From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 23 18:17:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA04093 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 18:17:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA04077 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 18:17:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA20403; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 18:16:54 -0800 To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Whither ddb In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 23 Feb 1996 19:21:56 EDT." <199602240021.AAA00739@exalt.x.org> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 18:16:54 -0800 Message-ID: <20401.825128214@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > `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 I'm not sure about that question mark there - have you or haven't you? :-) `options DDB' is what you need to use to compile DDB into your kernel, at which point you can invoke it at any time by hitting ctrl-alt-esc. The system will also drop into the debugger automagically on panics, which is usually the primary use of it. Jordan