atom feed4 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-docRe: ddb addition review request
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Warner LoshApr 30, 2001 8:47 pm 
Dima DorfmanApr 30, 2001 9:53 pm 
Bruce EvansApr 30, 2001 10:45 pm 
Warner LoshApr 30, 2001 11:53 pm 
Subject:Re: ddb addition review request
From:Dima Dorfman (di@unixfreak.org)
Date:Apr 30, 2001 9:53:40 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-doc

Warner Losh <im@harmony.village.org> writes:

--- ddb.4 2001/03/09 03:07:53 1.12 +++ ddb.4 2001/05/01 03:46:07 @@ -522,6 +522,16 @@ .Sq Li : and modifiers as described above. .El +.Sh HINTS +If you have a machine with an ISA bus, then you can connect a pushbutton +between A01 and B01 (CHCHK# and GND). +Shorting thse two signals together causes an NMI, which

^^^^ <-- these?

+.Nm +will catch and dump you into the debugger. +Machines with outher buses, or other ways of generating an NMI can also

^^^^^^^ <-- intentional?

+provide a hardware solution to break into a hung machine. +Some bridge chipsets do not actually generate a NMI on CHCHK#, so your +milage may vary.

Other than that, looks good.

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