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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:48:33 -0600
From:      Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To:        Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>, 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:  <58710000.1074628113@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040120144505.ccsc4kog4c88sgww@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz>
References:  <200401192127.i0JLRBL3041817@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040120111923.T96919@root.org> <20040120144505.ccsc4kog4c88sgww@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz>

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--On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 14:45:05 -0500 Kenneth Culver=20
<culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> wrote:


>> Except when crashdumps don't work or are 1 GB+.  There are a few things
>> we need:
>>
>> * Fix crash dumps.  I can't get a dump on my laptop, ATA.
>>
>> * Sparse crash dumps.  We don't need non-anonymous pages, for instance.
>>
>> * Fix GDB backtrace output (patch posted by gallatin@ and obrien@ may be
>> working on integrating it.)
>>
>> * Fix backtrace() so the output goes to the console log.  Right now, we
>> get output that needs to be hand-transcribed or use a serial console.
>
> This is also very useful for when FreeBSD crashes when X is running. If X
> is running, the only option is a serial console, as you can't see the
> crash to transcribe it otherwise, and most people don't have the spare
> computer to use as a serial console.
Or worse, as in my Laptop, NO SERIAL PORT AT ALL :-)




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Larry Rosenman                     http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
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