--- Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is exec still running? At least in theory, I think it should work > to > > just kill it, and then a new one should be started automatically > when > > needed. > > So let's think about how that works. A passive translator is > started by > the parent calling file_exec, which works in the filesystem by > calling > exec_exec on its port to the exec server. This is why the exec > server is a > special part of the bootstrap process: it's the only thing that can > load a > program into another task! > > > If possible, it might be even better to use settrans to detach > exec > > from its node, so that you can get a new one, and attach gdb to > the > > old one. > > Using settrans to install a new active translator on /servers/exec > ought to > work, but there might be some problems with things not getting a > new port > when their old one dies. Try it and debug it. But note that it > will only > ever work right if the old translator dies so that the open ports > to it die. > > now for the obvious, if exec isn't doing anything, how can one run settrans?
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