* Dag-Erling Smorgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030214 03:23] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > What exactly is broken about dumps for you on ata?
>
> Well, after you told me that "call dumpsys" is no longer kosher (when
> did that happen, and where was it documented?), I tried 'call doadump':
Whatever, ddb should have a command "dump". Calling directly into
the routine is bad mojo.
> # Debugger("manual escape to debugger")
> Stopped at Debugger+0x50: xchgl %ebx,in_Debugger.0
> db> call doadump
> Dumping 511 MB
> ata1: resetting devices ..
> Context switches not allowed in the debugger.
> db> call cpu_reset
>
> Makes me want to get my Norwegian Sword [tm] and make a short trip to
> Denmark.
Can't blame you, not having working dumps really annoyed me.
> It is becoming increasingly clear to me that the majority of FreeBSD
> developers don't really care if their code works, as long as they get
> the credit (and / or paycheck) for committing it.
Heh...
Back on track, this is bogus, ata should not be calling tsleep() from
the dump routine.
Soren please fix this.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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