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re: GENERIC and DDB



   > From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
   > Is there any reason why GENERIC on sparc doesn't include options DDB?
   > Most other ports have it in their GENERIC-like kernels.
   
   I believe it was originally so that break or L1+A would drop into the prom 
   (similar to Solaris) and not DDB. I suspect DDB may make more sense now...


as i recall, most platforms didn't have DDB many years ago and sparc
just has never updated to the newer default...


.mrg.


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