Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:40:38 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/72639: 5.3-BETA7 kernel config option ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER doesn't work Message-ID: <200410132340.i9DNectE078781@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/72639; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: John Engelhart <johne@zang.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/72639: 5.3-BETA7 kernel config option ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER doesn't work Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:36:09 -0700 On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 01:06:55PM +0000, John Engelhart wrote: > options KDB, KDB_UNATTENDED, KDB_TRACE > options ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER # Use <CR>~^b to enter debugger on > # the serial port > options PANIC_REBOOT_WAIT_TIME=300 > > It looks like the kernel debugger parts changed from 5.2.1 to 5.3, > though, and this may just be that I didn't follow all the details of > what's changed. Previously, instead of KDB, my 5.2.1 config had DDB > and all worked well. KDB is just the kernel debugging framework, it doesn't actually include a debugger. You're missing DDB or GDB. From NOTES: # # Compile with kernel debugger related code. # options KDB # # Enable the ddb debugger backend. # options DDB Kris
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