On 19-mei-04, at 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 02:49:10PM +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote: >>> Patch inlined removes KDB's dependency on consoles completely for >>> I/O. >>> With this patch, we use the OF stdout for both input and output. >> >> OF stdout is not necessarily the same thing as OF stdin >> (and, in fact, very often isn't) -- please use stdin for >> input? > > The problem was actually with output, not input. People were seeing > the KDB prompt on the serial console, and so they would assume they > had input, when in fact they didn't. And so this insane dance would > start, "KDB is hung, @#$%^& KDB".
I didn't read the actual patch, just the description. And that set off some alarms here ;-) I guess what the patch actually does is "use OF stdout for output, and OF stdin for input", which is fine fine fine. Segher --------------------------- Use http://oss.sgi.com/ecartis to modify your settings or to unsubscribe.
