On Mon, 17 May 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > [moved to -hackers] > > On Sunday, 16 May 1999 at 23:03:11 -0500, Mike Heffner wrote: > > > > I would like to trace the source of a panic during boot time. How do I > > compile > > the boot loader code in DEBUG mode? I tried defining DEBUG with make, but it > > didn't work. What's the _right_ way to compile specific code with debug mode > > set. If there's a url for this, please let me know. > > This is probably a better candidate for -hackers, so I've moved it there. > > You have a basic problem that you can't take a dump until you have a > dump device. If you panic before that, you're limited to ddb or > serial gdb. There's some stuff in the online handbook about how to > set up serial gdb, and in LINT about how to set up ddb. Note that the > flags for the serial device have changed in *some* versions of > FreeBSD, so check your LINT file for the correct flags.
I don't think LINT in current mentions the new debug flag. -- Doug Rabson Mail: d...@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
