On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, NetBSD Mailing list wrote:

> Meanwhile, now that I've got things going stable enough, I'll get
> KDB into a kernel and start looking about.  Speaking of which,
> is there a mechanism built-in to the netbsd vax kernel for debugging,
> or is the external gdb /kernel method the way?

With the kernel debugger stuff compiled in, you can use ESC-shift-d (Or
ctrl-[-shift-d if you're like me and like to make your ESCs the old
fashioned way) to get to DDB on the console of your VAX.

-brian.
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