Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@netbsd.org> writes:
> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	tls
> Date:		Thu Jan 10 11:10:35 UTC 2008
>
> Modified Files:
> 	src/sys/arch/i386/i386: machdep.c
>
> Log Message:
> Add sparse kernel core dump ("minidump") support for i386, written by Jed
> Davis for Coyote Point.  Though this does not modify the kernel core
> format (it uses multiple memory segments, a feature previously unused on
> i386) it is nonetheless disabled by default.  Sysctl machdep.sparse_dump=1
> to turn this feature on.

This sounds like a very useful feature -- what is the drawback of
making it the default? Is it simply that it hasn't been tested for
very long?

Perry