Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:09:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reproducible Panic with port iplog Message-ID: <20050308100730.Q38988@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <4420.172.16.0.199.1110301463.squirrel@172.16.0.199> References: <2861.172.16.0.199.1109814152.squirrel@172.16.0.199> <20050303015438.GF15329@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <2910.172.16.0.199.1109816379.squirrel@172.16.0.199> <1646.172.16.0.199.1110049506.squirrel@172.16.0.199> <4420.172.16.0.199.1110301463.squirrel@172.16.0.199>
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Doug White said: > > >> Typing "call doadump" in the kernel debugger does work. Is there no way > >> to > >> have the kernel automatically do a dump when the system panics and there > >> is no debugger compiled in? > > > > That should be the default behavior if a dumpdev is set (in rc.conf with > > "dumpdev" or manually with the dumpon(8) command). > > It does not seem to be for me. The system just stands there doing nothing > after the panic, when there is no debugger built in the kernel. > > P.S. I have also submitted a PR for this. > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78384 I don't know if I can get to this before the release, but I've put it on my tracking list. I need a way to provoke a panic, and the best way seems to be to program the syscons panic key. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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