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Date:      Mon, 5 May 2008 20:02:27 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/arm/at91 uart_dev_at91usart.c src/sys/dev/dcons dcons_os.c src/sys/dev/ofw ofw_console.c src/sys/dev/sio sio.c src/sys/dev/uart uart_core.c src/sys/kern subr_kdb.c src/sys/pc98/cbus sio.c src/sys/sun4v/sun4v hvcons.c src/sys/sys ...
Message-ID:  <20080505200123.X97634@mp2.macomnet.net>
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On Mon, 5 May 2008, 10:53+0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:

> On Mon, 5 May 2008, 07:57+0200, Philip Paeps wrote:
>
> > On 2008-05-04 23:29:38 (+0000), Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > >   Log:
> > >   Expand kdb_alt_break a little, most commonly used with the option
> > >   ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER.  In addition to "Enter ~ ctrl-B" (to enter the
> > >   debugger), there is now "Enter ~ ctrl-P" (force panic) and
> > >   "Enter ~ ctrl-R" (request clean reboot, ala ctrl-alt-del on syscons).
> >
> > Thanks for this! :-)
> >
> Seconded.  But we need to document this somewhere (expand a
> comment in NOTES?).
>
Does it sound OK?

Index: NOTES
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/conf/NOTES,v
retrieving revision 1.1483
diff -u -p -r1.1483 NOTES
--- NOTES       3 May 2008 17:05:37 -0000       1.1483
+++ NOTES       5 May 2008 16:01:05 -0000
@@ -1723,7 +1723,8 @@ options   BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER       # A BREAK on

 # Solaris implements a new BREAK which is initiated by a character
 # sequence CR ~ ^b which is similar to a familiar pattern used on
-# Sun servers by the Remote Console.
+# Sun servers by the Remote Console.  There are FreeBSD extentions:
+# CR ~ ^p requests force panic and CR ~ ^r requests a clean reboot.
 options        ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER

 # Serial Communications Controller

-- 
Maxim Konovalov



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