cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha support.s src/sys/i386/i386 swtch.s src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c src/sys/sys systm.h

[Larry Rosenman]

--On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 14:45:05 -0500 Kenneth Culver 
<culverk at sweetdreamsracing.biz> wrote:


>> Except when crashdumps don't work or are 1 GB+.  There are a few things
>> we need:
>>
>> * Fix crash dumps.  I can't get a dump on my laptop, ATA.
>>
>> * Sparse crash dumps.  We don't need non-anonymous pages, for instance.
>>
>> * Fix GDB backtrace output (patch posted by gallatin@ and obrien@ may be
>> working on integrating it.)
>>
>> * Fix backtrace() so the output goes to the console log.  Right now, we
>> get output that needs to be hand-transcribed or use a serial console.
>
> This is also very useful for when FreeBSD crashes when X is running. If X
> is running, the only option is a serial console, as you can't see the
> crash to transcribe it otherwise, and most people don't have the spare
> computer to use as a serial console.
Or worse, as in my Laptop, NO SERIAL PORT AT ALL :-)




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