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Hello,

> > > a small patch proposal to have ddb() switch to the console when
> > > invoked. So when working on say ttyE5 and a panic occures, it'll
> > > switch to the console where it prints the ddb prompt and backtrack
> > > if any.
> > >
> > > Avoids confusion mainly and prevents ppl. from typing in stuff and
> > > not understanding why the program is not responding.
> >
> > I don't think this is very useful - you can still type Ctrl-Alt-1
> > to switch to the console.
>=20
> Humm, really?  I've hit many panics and not been able to switch to the
> console with ctrl-alt-f1, thus having to blindly type sync or
> whatever. Maybe this changed lately?

It didn't. And it certainly doesn't work on - say - sparc64.
I did a (sort of) similar hack to force the ffb driver back into
WSDISPLAY_MODE_EMUL when entering ddb (easy because we never change
video modes) but a generic hook to enforce a working console when
entering ddb would be preferrable.

have fun
Michael

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