From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 19 16:12:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA07612 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 16:12:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA07570 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 16:12:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00480; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:30:45 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801200000.KAA00480@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Terry Lambert cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), daniel_sobral@voga.com.br, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Driver In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:49:53 -0000." <199801191949.MAA05838@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:30:44 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > I think there should be a console message about "type xxx to enter the > kernel debugger" when the kernel debugger has been enabled. This is > better than a man page documentation, since the hotkey can be changed, > and the only accurate information there is must be obtained from the > kernel data segment. In the default case, the correct way to determine this key is with 'kbdcontrol -d', which will tell you where the 'debug' keycode is mapped (if it is). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\