On 12/13/05, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to know if there is a way to deeply test a POSIX operating > system, and especially OpenBSD. The goal is to estimate the platform > stability (performance estimation is not required). Tests should > covert POSIX syscalls, OpenBSD specifics (drivers, etc...). For > example, I have at home an old computer running OpenBSD 3.8 with > in-kernel PPPoE that crashed recently : how can I dump the content of > 'trace' and 'ps' in this case ? How can I know the origin of the > problem (I suspect the kernel pppoe driver) ?
if finding the cause of a crash were as simple as putting the kernel into the "crash finder" there would be a lot fewer bugs.