Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:03:01 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Tom Cumming <tcumming123@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic on boot. How do I get a kernel dump. Message-ID: <20070428020301.GI840@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <de193d070704271622o805ca68ja332a08139269420@mail.gmail.com> References: <de193d070704261535k11e5de1eh12842a4ab340a971@mail.gmail.com> <20070427012401.GZ2445@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20070427013742.GA51877@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20070427014317.GA17436@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070427030017.GA52347@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20070427031124.GA18527@xor.obsecurity.org> <de193d070704270831y6f57e559xfaf036338c263100@mail.gmail.com> <20070427180021.GA57409@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070427222116.GG840@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <de193d070704271622o805ca68ja332a08139269420@mail.gmail.com>
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--NklN7DEeGtkPCoo3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-Apr-27 16:22:48 -0700, Tom Cumming <tcumming123@gmail.com> wrote: > .. or number 3) I can use my existing dump analysis tools and scripts to >examine the dump, and I cannot run the scripts from the console prompt. You can probably do this using a remote GDB session. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kernel= debug-online-gdb.html >I don't follow the geom code... is there a place in geom where I could put >something like, geom->dumpdev =3D "mydevice"? No. Kernel dumping now relies far more on the device infrastructure and isn't amenable to static initialisation. If you feel like looking, check out kern_shutdown.c:dumper. --=20 Peter Jeremy --NklN7DEeGtkPCoo3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGMqtV/opHv/APuIcRAmCpAJ4kMvlTq5JfYlE1wFyMJGqYOeMRGgCfZm4a l6daHFDLRrmNZMskP1uJIHo= =TdWR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NklN7DEeGtkPCoo3--
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