Re: NetBSD/vax 11.0RC1

[Hans Rosenfeld <rosenfeld%grumpf.hope-2000.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 07:29:02AM +0100, Anders Magnusson wrote:
> Den 2026-02-19 kl. 04:56, skrev matthew green:
> > > It used to be that you broke into ddb with ESC B, wasn't it?
> > ah, it's ^E that gets you to the "sim>" prompt, but i still can't get
> > something for ddb to work.
> It's ESC-D on the (MTPR-based) DL11 vax console.  It should be the same on
> the DZ11-style console, unless someone has done something "creative"
> somewhere that broke it.  It's checked for at serial IPL, so should never
> block.

I worked on this kernel debugger stuff last year and fixed a bunch of
bugs. As I did all of this on my 4k90, I'm quite certain that I have
tested this on a DZ11-style serial console and on the 4k90 lcspx/lkkbd
console.


Hans


-- 
%SYSTEM-F-ANARCHISM, The operating system has been overthrown