Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Tobias Nygren wrote:

> > > > Log Message:
> > > > -add a function to vga_post which can be called from DDB to get a
> > > >  usable VGA console ("call ddb_vgapost")
> > >
> > > Sweet. I guess it should "just work" to put this in
> > > ddb.commandonenter?
> >
> > Sweet. Shall we ship that by default? :)
>
> Some people might want to see what the last thing that was going on on
> their X display before panic was.
>
> I do however think that this and similar useful snippets should
> be documented somewhere. (Perhaps as commented out in lines
> in sysctl.conf?)

Maybe in the new netbsd-tips fortune file?  :)

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