On 2/11/06, Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 05:11:23PM +0100, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> > Dear folks,
> >
> > a small patch proposal to have ddb() switch to the console when invoked=
. So
> > when working on say ttyE5 and a panic occures, it'll switch to the cons=
ole
> > where it prints the ddb prompt and backtrack if any.
> >
> > Avoids confusion mainly and prevents ppl. from typing in stuff and not
> > understanding why the program is not responding.
>
> I don't think this is very useful - you can still type Ctrl-Alt-1
> to switch to the console.

Humm, really?  I've hit many panics and not been able to switch to the
console with ctrl-alt-f1, thus having to blindly type sync or whatever.
Maybe this changed lately?

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