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author | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-02 03:26:10 +0000 |
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committer | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-02 03:26:10 +0000 |
commit | 0bf2efaf3555b82bac26a6b307043ffc92525d44 (patch) | |
tree | 7e2d6ba80d8a2467fdbc1be71fe92bafd1d31e51 /share/man/man4/ddb.4 | |
parent | 120b57c149d09765bdc3fddd807a41544a7141cd (diff) | |
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Add hint about how to build an ISA NMI card and why you'd want to do so.
Reviewed by: bde, dima dorfman
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ddb.4 b/share/man/man4/ddb.4 index 783d41a..97be295 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ddb.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ddb.4 @@ -522,6 +522,18 @@ indirection. It may be followed by a .Sq Li : and modifiers as described above. .El +.Sh HINTS +On machines with an ISA expansion bus, a simple NMI generation card can be +constructed by connecting a push button between the A01 and B01 (CHCHK# and +GND) card fingers. +Momentarily shorting these two fingers together may cause the bridge chipset to +generate an NMI, which causes the kernel to pass control to +.Nm . +Some bridge chipsets do not generate a NMI on CHCHK#, so your mileage may vary. +The NMI allows one to break into the debugger on a wedged machine to +diagnose problems. +Other bus' bridge chipsets may be able to generate NMI using bus specific +methods. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gdb 1 .Sh HISTORY |