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Date:      Sat, 17 Oct 1998 12:06:20 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Serial Console - broken? (src as of 10/16 @ 16:43) 
Message-ID:  <199810171906.MAA06992@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Oct 1998 19:33:07 BST." <3628E2E3.2EB04701@tdx.co.uk> 

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> Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > You appear to be booting with the '-g' flag, as what you're seeing
> > looks like the gdb-remote protocol.  The simple answer is "don't".
> 
> Hmmm... If that's what the output looks like, then valid point...
> 
> But I've just checked my /boot.config - which didn't mention '-g', and I've
> just blown that away, checked my kernel config and /etc/make.config (which
> certainly doesn't specify it - or GDB_REMOTE_CHAT or similar), and it still
> does it...?
> 
> Weird?
> 
> What would you suggest next?  I haven't changed anything other than a build /
> install world since everything was working fine (which I think was Wednesday?)

Um, try checking the flags on your serial console.  You should have 0x10
or 0x30, but 0x50 or 0x70 would be bad.  (ie. you don't want 0x40 set).

Apart from that, there's the hideous fear that something leaked in and 
GDB is the default debugger.  Ick.

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