Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 08:00:30PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > Crash reports without backtrace - that is very often useless, and we do
> 
> A panic message (especually from KASSERT which gives the exact place)
> is more usefull than the tail of a backtrace.
> Xen has trace enabled by default, and it's a problem when the
> console is VGA (but as ddb.onpanic is now 0 it doen't cause a problem
> any more).

I think what we should do here is: if entering ddb after a panic or
trap (as oppposed to entering from console key magic or a breakpoint),
print a message: "please note the panic message above if any, then type
"trace" and note the output and include all these informations in your
problem report".

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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