Questions regarding use of 'gdb -k'

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Sunday, 23 November 2003 at 17:02:09 -1000, Kent Kuriyama wrote:
> I am having difficulty in using 'gdb -k' to track down a kernel panic.  I
> have built a version of the kernel with the debugging symbols.  After
> the crash I use the 'gdb -k' command but get the following output:
>
> ------------------
> chinmon1# gdb -k /data1/src/sys/compile/ata/kernel.debug /var/crash/kernel.29
> GNU gdb 4.18 (FreeBSD)
> Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-freebsd"...Deprecated bfd_read called a
> t /data1/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/../../../../contrib/gdb/gdb/dbxread.c line
>  2627 in elfstab_build_psymtabs
> Deprecated bfd_read called at /data1/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/../../../../co
> ntrib/gdb/gdb/dbxread.c line 933 in fill_symbuf
>
> IdlePTD at phsyical address 0x00000000
> initial pcb at physical address 0x0048cee0
>
> cannot read proc at 0
> (kgdb) where
> #0  0x0 in ?? ()
> (kgdb) exit
> Undefined command: "exit".  Try "help".
> (kgdb) chinmon1#
> ------------------
>
> Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?  Thanks.

Unfortunately, this looks like you have a corrupted dump.  What you've
done (with the exception of "exit") is correct.  You might find it
better to use serial debugging if this is repeatable.

Greg
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