Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:
> Chris Gilbert wrote:
>> Log Message:
>> Remove arm support for IPKDB.
>>
>> It hasn't worked since arm was broken out from arm32 in Jan 2001, and
>> no-one has noticed or cared to fix it.
>
> Can someone confirm IPKDB is working for other platforms?

One problem is, if I recall correctly, that you need to have a special
ethernet device driver to make it work.

Many new x86 machines no longer have serial ports at all, so IPKDB or
similar mechanisms would seem to be quite important. It would seem
smarter to fix than to dump. Of course, this isn't an issue if one has
no interest in running a kernel debugger -- Linux has avoided ever
having one...

Perry
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