Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-22 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Saturday 22 August 2009 16:48:07 Bruce Cran wrote: > On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:27:30 +0200 > > Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > On Monday 03 August 2009 20:55:16 Alexander Best wrote: > > > just tried settings `sysctl debug.kdb.panic = 1`. if i use this way > > > to enter the kernel debugger my usb k

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-22 Thread Bruce Cran
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:27:30 +0200 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Monday 03 August 2009 20:55:16 Alexander Best wrote: > > just tried settings `sysctl debug.kdb.panic = 1`. if i use this way > > to enter the kernel debugger my usb keyboard works. if i type > > "continue" however the kernel panics

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Alexander Best
thanks a bunch for the info. although usb keyboard support isn't as mature as at keyboard support in the kernel debugger it's good to have some basic support now. cheers. alex Hans Petter Selasky schrieb am 2009-08-03: > On Monday 03 August 2009 20:55:16 Alexander Best wrote: > > just tried setti

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Julian Elischer
Hans Petter Selasky wrote: On Monday 03 August 2009 20:55:16 Alexander Best wrote: just tried settings `sysctl debug.kdb.panic = 1`. if i use this way to enter the kernel debugger my usb keyboard works. if i type "continue" however the kernel panics and the kernel debugger gets yet entered again

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Monday 03 August 2009 20:55:16 Alexander Best wrote: > just tried settings `sysctl debug.kdb.panic = 1`. if i use this way to > enter the kernel debugger my usb keyboard works. if i type "continue" > however the kernel panics and the kernel debugger gets yet entered again, > but without the keyb

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Alexander Best
just tried settings `sysctl debug.kdb.panic = 1`. if i use this way to enter the kernel debugger my usb keyboard works. if i type "continue" however the kernel panics and the kernel debugger gets yet entered again, but without the keyboard working. i don't know how to produce backtraces since the

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Monday 03 August 2009 20:28:56 Alexander Best wrote: > to be sure i just updated my sources and rebuild/reinstalled the kernel. > i'm now running > > FreeBSD otaku 8.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2 #2 r196050: Mon Aug 3 18:54:46 > CEST 2009 r...@otaku:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL i386 > > still

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Alexander Best
to be sure i just updated my sources and rebuild/reinstalled the kernel. i'm now running FreeBSD otaku 8.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2 #2 r196050: Mon Aug 3 18:54:46 CEST 2009 r...@otaku:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL i386 still when i hit the panic key combo i'm unable to use my usb keyboard in

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Monday 03 August 2009 10:08:56 Alexander Best wrote: > hmm...is it necessary to add any extra options to the kernelconf? because > when i hit the panic key-combo under r196037 i'm still not able to use my > usb keyboard. i have the following debug related options in my kernelconf: > > options

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-03 Thread Alexander Best
hmm...is it necessary to add any extra options to the kernelconf? because when i hit the panic key-combo under r196037 i'm still not able to use my usb keyboard. i have the following debug related options in my kernelconf: options KDB options BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER options DDB m

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-02 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Sunday 02 August 2009 23:46:29 Alexander Best wrote: > i've seen that there have been some recent changed which deal with this > issue. is usb support in the debugger possible with these changes? > Yes, UMASS and UKBD should work from the debugger. --HPS __

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-08-02 Thread Alexander Best
i've seen that there have been some recent changed which deal with this issue. is usb support in the debugger possible with these changes? alex ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe,

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-07-16 Thread Alexander Best
just found this wiki: http://wiki.freebsd.org/USBTODO so making ukbd giant free has a high priority? very nice. :) alex Hans Petter Selasky schrieb am 2009-07-16: > On Thursday 16 July 2009 10:43:26 Alexander Best wrote: > > if i understood it correctly the reason a usb keyboard cannot be > > us

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-07-16 Thread Alexander Best
thanks for the info. any plans on doing this in the near future or is this one at the very bottom of the todo list? alex Hans Petter Selasky schrieb am 2009-07-16: > On Thursday 16 July 2009 10:43:26 Alexander Best wrote: > > if i understood it correctly the reason a usb keyboard cannot be > > us

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-07-16 Thread Alexander Best
oh right. i forgot freebsd != x86. ;) alex Marcel Moolenaar schrieb am 2009-07-16: > On Jul 16, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Alexander Best wrote: > >modern bioses support an option called legcy usb keyboard support. > >the way i > >understood it is that the bios grabs usb keyboard events and uses > >them

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-07-16 Thread Marcel Moolenaar
On Jul 16, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Alexander Best wrote: modern bioses support an option called legcy usb keyboard support. the way i understood it is that the bios grabs usb keyboard events and uses them to emulate an AT keyboard. that way e.g. a bootloader can the used with a usb keyboard alt

Re: kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-07-16 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Thursday 16 July 2009 10:43:26 Alexander Best wrote: > if i understood it correctly the reason a usb keyboard cannot be used in > the kernel debugger after a panic is that we can't be sure the panic didn't > happen inside the usb stack so the whole usb stack is discarded at a panic. > The USB k

kernel debugger and usb keyboard

2009-07-16 Thread Alexander Best
if i understood it correctly the reason a usb keyboard cannot be used in the kernel debugger after a panic is that we can't be sure the panic didn't happen inside the usb stack so the whole usb stack is discarded at a panic. maybe this would be a solution: modern bioses support an option called l