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Date:      Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:48:26 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com>
Cc:        DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: Why are so many people using 4.x?
Message-ID:  <20060330144825.GA12711@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0603300051r449b4754l78fe509674d47bb9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:51:15AM +0100, Chris wrote:

> > Sorry to hear that, can you point me to the PRs you filed so I can
> > take a look?

> I didnt do a PR except one for a minor bug since there was nothing
> logged on it just died, I have kept one machine running 6.0 so I can
> try and resolve the problem and also will upgrade it to 6.1 on release
> to see if things are better, should I enable debugging options so it
> has better chance of logging something?

Yes, you'll want to enable crashdumps (per the developers handbook) at
least, and adding INVARIANTS and INVARIANT_SUPPORT is also a good idea
if you're encountering a panic, because it may catch it earlier and at
the root cause.  If you are seeing a deadlock then enable WITNESS and
DDB.

Kris

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