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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...
Okay, if there is no objection I'll enable options DDB in GENERIC
in a few days.
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Izumi Tsutsui
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