Subject: Re: port-sun3/1929: it's not easy to change si_coptions per kernel
To: Gordon Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/11/1996 14:17:47
On Thu, 11 Jan 96 14:52:58 EST 
 "Gordon W. Ross" <gwr@mc.com> wrote:

 > Actually, you do not have to edit any code, of course.
 > The reason it is a global variable is so you can use gdb:
 > 	% gdb -k --write /netbsd
 > 	(kgdb) set si_options = 3
 > 	(kgdb) quit

Well, and that, but I don't particularly _like_ to do that :-)

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