Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:20:57 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Debugging Options Message-ID: <4ad871310906060620l4ac34881g1ff4946a9bea569@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310906060616u7f162f26h8a3149fbe7e4c273@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ad871310906060616u7f162f26h8a3149fbe7e4c273@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Glen Barber<glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone > > I have a two-part question: > > I have a minimally customized GENERIC kernel, with the only changes being= : > options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 KDB > options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 KDB_UNATTENDED > options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 DDB > > and 'sysctl debug.debugger_on_panic' shows: > debug.debugger_on_panic: 0 > > However, after a panic loading the vboxdrv.ko module, the machine did > not reboot automatically after reboot. I meant "automatically after panic". It's early, and I am apparently unable to type a coherent thought... > > Here are my questions: > 1) =A0Would enabling DDB in the kernel prevent an automatic reboot after = a panic? > > 2) =A0Does the debugger wait for XX seconds of console inactivity before > rebooting? =A0I was under the impression from the handbook that the > machine would instantly reboot and after dumping the crash to vmcore0. > =A0Is this assumption incorrect? > > Thanks in advance for any input. > Also, if this is helpful, the userland / kernel are from two days ago, r193= 481: FreeBSD orion 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #0 r193481: Fri Jun 5 01:55:06 EDT 2009 root@orion:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ORION i386 --=20 Glen Barber http://www.dev-urandom.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenjbarber
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4ad871310906060620l4ac34881g1ff4946a9bea569>