Module Name: src
Committed By: riz
Date: Thu Jun 23 16:02:20 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: ddb.4
Log Message:
Document additional settings for onpanic, from options(4).
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diff -u src/share/man/man4/ddb.4:1.141 src/share/man/man4/ddb.4:1.142
--- src/share/man/man4/ddb.4:1.141 Thu Jun 10 18:34:21 2010
+++ src/share/man/man4/ddb.4 Thu Jun 23 16:02:20 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ddb.4,v 1.141 2010/06/10 18:34:21 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ddb.4,v 1.142 2011/06/23 16:02:20 riz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 - 2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -1204,14 +1204,21 @@
.Nm
doesn't perform any wrapping.
.It Va onpanic
-If non-zero (the default),
+If greater than zero (the default is 1),
.Nm
will be invoked when the kernel panics.
If the kernel configuration option
.D1 Cd options DDB_ONPANIC=0
is used,
.Va onpanic
-will be initialized to off.
+will be initialized to off, causing a stack trace to be printed and
+the system to be rebooted instead of
+.Nm
+being entered.
+Other useful settings are -1, which suppresses the stack trace before
+reboot, and 2, which causes a stack trace to be printed and
+.Nm
+to be entered.
.It Va fromconsole
If non-zero (the default),
the kernel allows to enter
