Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE

2010-08-06 Thread Mark Saad
Hello Stable I have an issue with a kernel panic on bootup where the dumpdev loader variable is ignored. I rebuilt my 6.4-STABLE amd64 kernel with the following options to try an track down an issue with a patch. options KDB options DDB options GDB options BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER options

Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE

2010-08-06 Thread Benjamin Lee
On 08/06/2010 02:24 PM, Mark Saad wrote: I then set in /boot/loader.conf dumpdev=/dev/da0s1b On 8-STABLE dumpdev should be defined in rc.conf(5). Not sure about 6-STABLE offhand. -- Benjamin Lee http://www.b1c1l1.com/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE

2010-08-06 Thread Mark Saad
wrote: I then set in /boot/loader.conf dumpdev=/dev/da0s1b On 8-STABLE dumpdev should be defined in rc.conf(5).  Not sure about 6-STABLE offhand. The box dies before init is started so dumpdev in rc.conf is pointless. -- Benjamin Lee http://www.b1c1l1.com/ -- Mark

Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE

2010-08-06 Thread Oliver Fromme
Mark Saad wrote: wrote: I then set in /boot/loader.conf dumpdev=/dev/da0s1b On 8-STABLE dumpdev should be defined in rc.conf(5).  Not sure about 6-STABLE offhand. The box dies before init is started so dumpdev in rc.conf is pointless. I'm afraid you can't

Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE

2010-08-06 Thread Mark Saad
Mark Saad wrote: wrote: I then set in /boot/loader.conf dumpdev=/dev/da0s1b On 8-STABLE dumpdev should be defined in rc.conf(5).  Not sure about 6-STABLE offhand. The box dies before init is started so dumpdev in rc.conf is pointless. I'm

Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE

2010-08-06 Thread Paul A. Procacci
Mark, Perhaps remote GDB via serial console... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug-online-gdb.html This explain it in very good detail. ~Paul On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 06:37:37PM -0400, Mark Saad wrote: Mark Saad wrote: wrote: I then set in

Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE

2010-08-06 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 03:37:37PM -0700, Mark Saad wrote: Mark Saad wrote: wrote: I then set in /boot/loader.conf dumpdev=/dev/da0s1b On 8-STABLE dumpdev should be defined in rc.conf(5).  Not sure about 6-STABLE offhand. The box dies before