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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-08-24 14:40:30 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-08-24 14:40:30 +0000
commit1f158f879707e3d9c62e5243a404606f978110a1 (patch)
tree4523ef6807f48664ee6ab424559d24a52f3608a1 /share/man/man7
parent1a04c41b4c4a2c5b54f9d178b18304e741617e15 (diff)
dehughification
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/kgdb.717
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diff --git a/share/man/man7/kgdb.7 b/share/man/man7/kgdb.7
index 1e221d263cc..2991e31dee5 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/kgdb.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/kgdb.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: kgdb.7,v 1.1 2001/08/24 11:09:47 hugh Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: kgdb.7,v 1.2 2001/08/24 14:40:29 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Hugh Graham
.\"
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@ Should a programmer be dissatisfied with the
.Ox
kernel's internal debugger
.Xr ddb 4 ,
-and have appropriate hardware available, he may instead build a kernel with
+and have appropriate hardware available, a kernel with
.Cm option KGDB
-to effect remote debugging with gdb.
-.Sh EXAMPLE
+to effect remote debugging with
+.Xr gdb 1
+may be built instead.
+.Pp
To prepare for debugging over serial line one would:
+.Pp
.Bl -bullet -offset 3n -compact
.It
Obtain a second system and a crossover serial cable.
@@ -51,9 +54,9 @@ and
.Cm makeoptions DEBUG="-g" .
.It
Copy the resultant
-.Sq bsd.gdb
+.Pa bsd.gdb
to the control system, and boot the corresponding
-.Sq bsd
+.Pa bsd
on the target system.
.It
On the control system, run gdb on the kernel just copied.
@@ -74,5 +77,5 @@ gdb info documents and online documentation.
The
.Nm
manual page was begrudgingly written by Hugh Graham.
-.Sh CAVEAT
+.Sh CAVEATS
Not available on all architectures.