Subject: Re: Hung sparc, can I get info?
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/27/1996 13:40:56
On Mon, 26 Feb 1996 20:54:39 -0500 (EST) 
 David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca> wrote:

 > 	OK... I'll take this momment to comment.  I uncommented the
 > line with 'DDB' 'DEBUG' and 'DIAGNOSTIC' on it.  Man did that ever
 > make a slow kernel!  Anyways... while it's possible that I'm working
 > on a heisen bug here, loading the heck out of the machine all weekend
 > did not uncover the hang.  Should I try it with only DDB?

Yah ... DIAGNOSTIC and DEBUG add quite a few extra sanity checks.

Your hanging problem might be a timing issue, which the DIAGNOSTIC/DEBUG 
pair mask out.

 > 	What do I do to drop into the debugger?

L1-A

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