On Sunday, 23 November 2003 at 17:02:09 -1000, Kent Kuriyama wrote: > I am having difficulty in using 'gdb -k' to track down a kernel panic. I > have built a version of the kernel with the debugging symbols. After > the crash I use the 'gdb -k' command but get the following output: > > ------------------ > chinmon1# gdb -k /data1/src/sys/compile/ata/kernel.debug /var/crash/kernel.29 > GNU gdb 4.18 (FreeBSD) > Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. > Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. > This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-freebsd"...Deprecated bfd_read called a > t /data1/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/../../../../contrib/gdb/gdb/dbxread.c line > 2627 in elfstab_build_psymtabs > Deprecated bfd_read called at /data1/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/../../../../co > ntrib/gdb/gdb/dbxread.c line 933 in fill_symbuf > > IdlePTD at phsyical address 0x00000000 > initial pcb at physical address 0x0048cee0 > > cannot read proc at 0 > (kgdb) where > #0 0x0 in ?? () > (kgdb) exit > Undefined command: "exit". Try "help". > (kgdb) chinmon1# > ------------------ > > Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks.
Unfortunately, this looks like you have a corrupted dump. What you've done (with the exception of "exit") is correct. You might find it better to use serial debugging if this is repeatable. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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