Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:12:55 -0700 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Jason Garrett <kingedgar@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Debug still in kernel Message-ID: <ade45ae91003061212jda339baif03c49890cbfecab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <970380131003061159i49dbd22cl4ec4856adf2a340f@mail.gmail.com> References: <970380131003060754t32f70d1x9c40d716f01b325a@mail.gmail.com> <ade45ae91003061151u2c5e0dfcp2f72fd6b9467b5c@mail.gmail.com> <970380131003061159i49dbd22cl4ec4856adf2a340f@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/6/10, Jason Garrett <kingedgar@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 13:51, Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 3/6/10, Jason Garrett <kingedgar@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I am currently tracking RELENG_8_0. I did a csup last night and noticed >> that >> > debug is still enabled in the GENERIC kernel. I thought debugging was >> > supposed to be left out once the 8 branch went RELEASE? Can anyone shed >> > light on this subject? >> >> What makes you think debugging is still on? >> > > >From /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC > > makeoptions DEBUG=-g # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug > symbols > options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thread preemption > > why are these still in GENERIC after release? I can confirm debug symbols is still in the kernel, but that is most likely used for backtraces and debugging when a kernel panic happens. This is instead of asking the user who had a kernel panic to rebuild with debugging to debug it. PREEMPTION as I understand it should have been removed from the kernel config file. It should have been removed from the GENERIC config file after RELENG_8_0_RELEASE tag is made. I don't know what your tag is when you update. Perhaps you're copying or using a config file from the BETA or RC days? I'll help until I can't help no more with your issue. --Tim
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