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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--==========012B417ABE0548CC9EA8========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --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 :-) --=20 Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 --==========012B417ABE0548CC9EA8========== Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADYYWrRNGhTxJvdYRAg56AJ0dKtWaRwx/LqDmVXI8X1S2L4MmoQCfaPgR xgVQ8MbHKOKOs4h+505bpJk= =MHfL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==========012B417ABE0548CC9EA8==========--
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