On 3 Jun 1998 11:25:58 -0000 
 mrg@eterna.com.au wrote:

 > 	gdb -w is not able to change values of variables in a kernel.
 > 	i used to use `gdb -k -w /netbsd' to do this, but there is no
 > 	`-k' to gdb anymore, and you can't do `target kcore' with no
 > 	core file :(

If you just want to patch the executable:

	gdb
	set write
	target exec /netbsd
	set securelevel=-1
	quit

It's just a matter of knowing the standard GDB commands (the old GDB we
used to have had a lot of `custom' additions).

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