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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:16:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010813111629.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200108131322.f7DDMo786618@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 13-Aug-01 Bruce Evans wrote:
> bde         2001/08/13 06:22:50 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/i386/i386        machdep.c 
>   Log:
>   Use interrupt gates instead of trap gates for breakpoint and trace
>   traps, so that ddb can keep control (almost) no matter how it is
>   entered.  This breaks time-critical interrupts while the system is
>   stopped in ddb, but I haven't noticed any significant problems except
>   that applications become confused about the time.  Lost time will be
>   adjusted for later.  Anyway, the half-baked disabling of interrupts in
>   Debugger() gives the same problems for the usual way of entering ddb.

I take it the disabling of interrupts in Debugger() can be axed now?

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