Subject: Re: Is this a panic or a break to ddb?
To: Mark Cullen <mark.r.cullen@gmail.com>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/04/2006 23:56:16
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 04:30:53PM +0100, Mark Cullen wrote:
> I would think that if I set ddb.fromconsole=0 and ddb.onpanic=0 that sending a
> break wouldn't drop to ddb anymore, and it will reboot automatically when it
> panics, right? I've done that now.
>
> I'm a little concerned about the 'onpanic' one, as manually typing 'reboot' or
> 'sync' at ddb just hangs (I mentioned this in another mail regarding RAIDFrame
> actually). In order for it to work I need... 'reboot 0x104' (as in the
> RAIDFrame 'testing kernel dumps'. I don't know what the 0x104 means, but is
> this what a panic() will do if it's not set to drop to ddb?
I'm afraid not, I think it will do an equivalent of "sync".
Try sysctl -w ddb.commandonenter="reboot 0x104"
Pavel