Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alan DuBoff wrote: > On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I assume you know about the "snooping" flag and deadman timer. This >> can be >> useful in getting a dump when the system is "hard" hung (i.e., you may >> or may not >> have kmdb loaded, but you can't get in). > > Recentely I

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alan DuBoff wrote: > On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi All, >> OK. I figured out how to get my blog stuff working in English, so you >> can also read about the modified mdb on my blog, >> http://mbruning.blogspot.com/ >> >> max > > This is very nice! I didn't know you had all t

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-17 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I assume you know about the "snooping" flag and deadman timer. This can be > useful in getting a dump when the system is "hard" hung (i.e., you may > or may not > have kmdb loaded, but you can't get in). Recentely I've had a system that wouldn't co

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-17 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > OK. I figured out how to get my blog stuff working in English, so you > can also read about the modified mdb on my blog, > http://mbruning.blogspot.com/ > > max This is very nice! I didn't know you had all this info, very cool stuff. --

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-17 Thread Joerg Schilling
John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:49:27PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > Much better is to add an option to abort_sequence_enter() to panic > > > instead of > > > drop into the debugger. That way you wouldn't even need kmdb. Of course, > > > the > > > opti

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-16 Thread John Levon
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:49:27PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Much better is to add an option to abort_sequence_enter() to panic instead > > of > > drop into the debugger. That way you wouldn't even need kmdb. Of course, the > > option would imply nopanicdebug=1. > > Thank you for this hi

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 02:26:52PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > If you do not own a x86 system that itself implements remote > > administration, you need to run Solaris x86 permanently under kmdb. > > > > This is because the only way to

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-16 Thread John Levon
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 03:14:32PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think better is a flag that says that when the system panics, bypass > kmdb and go immediately > to the dump code. Right. > And I think this should be the default behaviour. I > mostly use kmdb > for analyzing hangs, not p

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-16 Thread John Levon
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 02:26:52PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > If you do not own a x86 system that itself implements remote > administration, you need to run Solaris x86 permanently under kmdb. > > This is because the only way to abort a hung x86 system is to send > a

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joerg Schilling wrote: > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi All, >> OK. I figured out how to get my blog stuff working in English, so you >> can also read about the modified mdb on my blog, >> http://mbruning.blogspot.com/ >> > > Well, let me take your use your work

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > OK. I figured out how to get my blog stuff working in English, so you > can also read about the modified mdb on my blog, > http://mbruning.blogspot.com/ Well, let me take your use your work on mdb as a cause for thoughts on kmdb usabil

Re: [osol-discuss] [mdb-discuss] using kernel CTF with raw disk

2007-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All, OK. I figured out how to get my blog stuff working in English, so you can also read about the modified mdb on my blog, http://mbruning.blogspot.com/ max [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > I have modified mdb so that I can use ::print type with a raw disk. You > can read this: http: