Subject: Re: ddb, adb?
To: Thomas Pusateri <pusateri@cs.duke.edu>
From: Alistair G. Crooks <agc@uts.amdahl.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/01/1994 01:16:51
> After installing the binaries for 1.0, I went to use the kernel debugger, ddb.
> It didn't seem to be installed. Is this something that doesn't work for
> i386 users or is it a source only distribution? I saw the DDB option
> in sys/arch/i386/ALL so I assume it works for i386.

The binaries that you get from the ftp sites (and note that they're
still BETA, not yet distribution) come in two flavours, GENERICAHA and
GENERICBT, depending on whether you're using kcaha or kcbt.  If you
take a look at the config files in
/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC{AHA,BT}, you'll find that DDB isn't
included in either of the files.  So to make a kernel with DDB
support, you'll have to make one for yourself by editing your own
kernel config file e.g.:

	cp GENERICAHA SCROTUM
	edit SCROTUM to include options DDB
	config SCROTUM
	cd ../compile/SCROTUM
	make depend
	make
	mv netbsd /netbsd.scrotum
	reboot from /netbsd.scrotum
 
Cheers,
Alistair
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