On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 10:09:01AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Mike Jakubik wrote: > > > Doug White said: > > > > >> Typing "call doadump" in the kernel debugger does work. Is there no way > > >> to > > >> have the kernel automatically do a dump when the system panics and there > > >> is no debugger compiled in? > > > > > > That should be the default behavior if a dumpdev is set (in rc.conf with > > > "dumpdev" or manually with the dumpon(8) command). > > > > It does not seem to be for me. The system just stands there doing nothing > > after the panic, when there is no debugger built in the kernel. > > > > P.S. I have also submitted a PR for this. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78384 > > I don't know if I can get to this before the release, but I've put it on > my tracking list. I need a way to provoke a panic, and the best way seems > to be to program the syscons panic key. I've seen DDB_UNATTENDED cause a hang-on-panic instead of a dump + reboot on HEAD. I've also seen it not dumping core when it does manage to reboot. I haven't tested this on RELENG_5. KrisReceived on Tue Mar 08 2005 - 17:40:05 UTC
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