configuring sio1 for serial console ...

[Robert Watson]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, User Freebsd wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Robert Watson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, User Freebsd wrote:
>> 
>>>> Instead of changing your kernel config, edit the sio1 entries in 
>>>> /boot/device.hints.  (This assumes you left device sio in your kernel -- 
>>>> if not, you need to re-add it).
>>> 
>>> 'k, re-adding ... and I take it there is no more 'DDB_UNATTENDED' option? 
>>> Something equivalent?
>> 
>> This is now KDB_UNATTENDED, since it affects by DDB and GDB.  KDB is the 
>> common debugger framework backend used to implement front-end debuggins 
>> ervices.
>
> Ya, figured this one out when I tried to compile ... someone might want to 
> add a mention of the new options in the ddb man page though :)

You mean like the following text in the ddb(4) man page?

NAME
      ddb -- interactive kernel debugger

SYNOPSIS
      options KDB
      options DDB

      To prevent activation of the debugger on kernel panic(9):
      options KDB_UNATTENDED

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge