Kernel Debugging Options

[Glen Barber]

Hello everyone

I have a two-part question:

I have a minimally customized GENERIC kernel, with the only changes being:
options         KDB
options         KDB_UNATTENDED
options         DDB

and 'sysctl debug.debugger_on_panic' shows:
debug.debugger_on_panic: 0

However, after a panic loading the vboxdrv.ko module, the machine did
not reboot automatically after reboot.

Here are my questions:
1)  Would enabling DDB in the kernel prevent an automatic reboot after a panic?

2)  Does the debugger wait for XX seconds of console inactivity before
rebooting?  I was under the impression from the handbook that the
machine would instantly reboot and after dumping the crash to vmcore0.
 Is this assumption incorrect?

Thanks in advance for any input.

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Glen Barber
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