Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:24:54 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha support.s src/sys/i386/i386 swtch.s src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c src/sys/sys systm.h Message-ID: <20040121022454.GA28078@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040120164435.I98793@root.org> References: <200401192127.i0JLRBL3041817@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040120175334.W3279@gamplex.bde.org> <20040120015009.W39477@odysseus.silby.com> <20040120111923.T96919@root.org> <20040121004238.GP47639@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040120164435.I98793@root.org>
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--vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 05:04:12PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > I would have gotten 100x more value from making options DDB the default in > GENERIC (at least until we branch -stable) and having all page faults > generate a backtrace. This is a 1 line change that would save hours, not > minutes, of roundtrip email. Look at reports of panics in the > freebsd-current@ archives and see how many result in a request for a > backtrace. Yes, please! GNATS is also full of useless PRs that tie up committer resources in trying to extract meaningful debugging from the submitter. This would be a huge step towards reducing the number of bugs in 5.x. Kris --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADeL2Wry0BWjoQKURAo0hAJ9CiedQD3xcv13saeLvob0BhgXP0QCg8Yb1 phvNDoYDywB4wk4dYzdRtWw= =3SSQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--
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