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Date:      Wed, 24 Apr 1996 17:57:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Sujal Patel <smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu>
To:        Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: request for a new "feature" as regards DDB 
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.92.960424175509.202I-100000@xi.dorm.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3751.830376593@palmer.demon.co.uk>

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On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Gary Palmer wrote:

> > While we're talking about DDB, can't we have it timeout in 30s if you
> > don't hit a key (and then generate a core dump).
>
> Not really ... that would assume that the IRQ handlers were still
> operational, which may not be the case. DDB should only be running if
> all interrupts are disabled if I remember right (and if I don't, I
> won't mind being corrected :-) )

Can we sit in a loop, while polling the keyboard for input?


Sujal




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