Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:52:10 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC src/sys/alpha/confGENERIC src/sys/sparc64/conf GENERIC src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC src/sys/pc98/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <20031208134838.G2508@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20031208191702.GA50623@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200312072352.hB7Nqsw6011333@repoman.freebsd.org> <20031208191702.GA50623@xor.obsecurity.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > I'm not suggesting that kernel.debug has to be part of CD 1, but I > > believe it would make a worthwhile addition to (eg) the live > > filesystem CD. > > Yeah, that's a good idea. GNATS is full of PRs with panic strings but > no tracebacks, and it can be time-consuming and difficult to get > people to obtain them post-facto. If we ship a kernel.debug with the > release then we can explain in the release documentation how to use it > to submit a useful PR. > > Kris We should also probably finish seperating out DDB and have backtraces automatically printed whenever any panic occurs. Although that wouldn't be as useful as a gdb backtrace, it would be a lot better than the useless page fault panics filling gnats. For clarification, "we" = people other than me. <g> Mike "Silby" Silbersack
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20031208134838.G2508>