Subject: Re: kern/8696: no obvious `sync' command in ddb
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/28/1999 13:18:04
On Thu Oct 28 1999 at 10:57:48 +1000, Simon Burge wrote:

> > >Number:         8696
> > >Category:       kern
> > >Synopsis:       there's no obvious `sync' command in ddb
> > 
> > >Description:
> > 	i have ddb in my kernels, and occasional the kernels panic.
> > 	it would be really nice if there was an obvious way to force
> > 	the system to attempt to dump core and then reboot.
> > 
> > 	i'm thinking of something like `sync' (a la openprom on the
> > 	sparcs)
> > 
> > >Fix:
> > 	come up with an MI way to do this, and add the command...
> 
> "call reboot 0x100" (ie RB_DUMP)?  I don't have a machine sitting at the
> ddb prompt to test this right now...

call cpu_reboot(0x100) IIRC

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