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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:40:15 GMT
From: Balazs <bsd@wee.hu>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Configure serial port for remote kernel debuging.
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>Number:         136666
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [handbook] Configure serial port for remote kernel debuging.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       devhandbook
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 11 17:50:00 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Fri Aug 27 20:51:41 UTC 2010
>Originator:     Balazs
>Release:        8.0-CURRENT
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>Description:
Please extend Developer's Handbook '10.6 On-Line Kernel Debugging Using Remote GDB' section with a similar note:

It is maybe necessary to enable a serial port for remote kernel debugging. 
The "gdb: no debug ports present" dmesg message means there is no serial ports
configured for remote debugging. Edit '/boot/device.hints' and edit/insert:

hint.uart.0.flags="0x80" or 
hint.sio.0.flags="0x80"

For details please consult man uart(4) or man sio(4) depending on the serial 
driver is in use.

Thank you!
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