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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:11:44 -0800
From:      Gregory Sutter <gsutter@daemonnews.org>
To:        Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf majors
Message-ID:  <20010226141144.U656@klapaucius.zer0.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010226130843.A2853@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:08:43PM %2B0000
References:  <200102260955.f1Q9t2m39414@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010226130843.A2853@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>

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On 2001-02-26 13:08 +0000, Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:55:02AM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> > julian      2001/02/26 01:55:02 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/conf             majors 
> >   Log:
> >   take major number 18 for the nmdm "nullmodem" back-to-back tty device.
> >   Incredibally useful for debugging kernels using vmware.
> >   Vmware com1 is diverted to one side, and gdb listens to the other side.
> >   viola.. instant debugging sandbox on one system.
> 
> I, and no doubt the DaemonNews folks, would be incredibly grateful if
> you could write up an article explaining how to do this. . .

Absolutely!  How about it, Julian?

Greg
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