Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 22:49:25 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: possible bug in DDB? Message-ID: <199605280549.WAA04987@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 28 May 96 00:52:52 -0400. <Pine.NEB.3.93.960528004037.16304A-100000@ki.net>
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> A couple of weeks back, someone posted about instabilities
>on his machine, and by disabling DDB he seemed to have improved his
>stability. So, me in my wishful state of mind, decided to try that
>out and see if it helped...it did.
Hmmm... I don't know how DDB would make things less stable, since it
wouldn't be used unless you broke into it with a "panic", or on
purpose. But, I'm not an expert on DDB, so there could be something I
don't know about.
I *do* know you shouldn't have DIAGNOSTIC defined unless you're doing
serious kernel development. DIAGNOSTIC can make the kernel much less
stable. I've never had problems with DDB in the kernel (of NetBSD --
but it's pretty much the same). On the other hand, I don't regularly
run a news server.
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