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Date:      Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:40:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@freebsd.org>
To:        Nidal Khalil <nedmath@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd-hackers Digest, Vol 588, Issue 1
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.1.10.1407222136380.21571@multics.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <CADoY-6i5jytJswq9Ck3cir0YOLt62CKPdmMz=nSDCNQre6tGbg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2014, Nidal Khalil wrote:

> Hello All,
> OK, I was able to capture the early boot output by entering ddb
> GDB: no debug ports present
> KDB: debugger backend; ddb
>
> My pc does not have a serial port. However I am using usb to serial by
> Prolific Tech.
> You mean to tell me that the kernel gdb shim is hardwired to /dev/cuau0?

It is not hardwired to that exact device node, but yes, a USB-to-serial 
adapter will not work for it.

A firewire port is also supposed to be usable for remote kernel debugging, 
as documented at 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug-dcons.html

-Ben



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