The manual states that dumpdev "AUTO is the default as of FreeBSD 6.0" [1]
However:
# uname -a
FreeBSD xxxxxx 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:46:30 UTC 2012
[email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
# grep dumpdev /etc/defaults/rc.conf
dumpdev="NO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or NO).
savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present.
It looks like NO is still the default. Is there a reason why this should not be
turned on even for production machines? I haven't read about any side effects,
but it seems to be off by default for some reason.
Please cc me on any responses since I'm not currently subscribed.
Cheers
Ari
[1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html
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