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  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Minimum information for kernel problems</font></h3>
- Familiarize yourself with <a href="report.html">the general bug reporting procedures</a>
+ Familiarize yourself with
- first. All of that will apply.
+ <a href="report.html">the general bug reporting procedures</a>
+ first.
+ All of that will apply.
  When reporting a kernel panic or crash, please remember:
  <ul>
- <li><em>We need the console output on the screen</em>. Capture it and
+ <li><em>We need the console output on the screen</em>.
- save it. Serial consoles are best, but if you are on a VGA console you
+         Capture it and save it.
- can <a HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html">scroll the console
+         Serial consoles are best, but if you are on a VGA console you can
- back</a> and take readable pictures with a phone or camera.<BR>
+         <a HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html">scroll the console back</a>
+         and take readable pictures with a phone or camera.<BR>
- <li><em>If the kernel paniced we need the traceback.</em> It may be
+ <li><em>If the kernel panicked we need the traceback.</em>
- displayed on the screen.  If are at a <tt><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&amp;sektion=4&amp;format=html">ddb</a>&gt;</tt> prompt, type <tt>trace</tt>, If you are running SMP, use the <tt>mach ddbcpu N</tt> command for each of the <tt>N</tt> processors you have and repeat the <tt>trace</tt> command for each processor.<BR>
+         It may be displayed on the screen.
+         If you are at a
+         <tt><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&amp;sektion=4&amp;">ddb</a>&gt;</tt>
+         prompt, type <tt>trace</tt>.
+         If you are running SMP, use the <tt>mach ddbcpu N</tt> command for each
+         of the <tt>N</tt> processors you have and repeat the <tt>trace</tt>
+         command for each processor.<BR>
- <li><em>We need the process list.</em> Use the command <tt>ps</tt> to get us that.
+ <li><em>We need the process list.</em>
+         Use the command <tt>ps</tt> to get us that.
  </ul>
- <em>Reports without the above information are useless. This is the minimum we need to be able to track down the issue</em>.
+ <em>
+         Reports without the above information are useless.
+         This is the minimum we need to be able to track down the issue.
+ </em>
  <h3><font color="#0000e0">Additional information you can send</font></h3>
  <P>
- In some situations more information is desirable. Below are outlined some additional steps you can take in certain situations:
+ In some situations more information is desirable.
+ Below are outlined some additional steps you can take in certain situations:
  <ul>
  <li> ... XXX boot crash? XXX
  <li> ... XXX show regs? XXX
- <li> <em>If your crash appears to involve filesystems</em> The following additional things would be helpful
+ <li> <em>If your crash appears to involve filesystems.</em>
+         The following additional things would be helpful
  <ul>
- <li> The output of the <tt><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&amp;sektion=4&amp;format=html">ddb</a>&gt;</tt> command <tt>show uvm</tt>
+ <li> The output of the
- <li> The output of the <tt><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&amp;sektion=4&amp;format=html">ddb</a>&gt;</tt> command <tt>show bcstats</tt>
+         <tt><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&amp;sektion=4&amp;">ddb</a>&gt;</tt>
- <li> The output of the <tt>mount</tt> command from your running machine, so we know what filesystems are mounted and how.
+         command <tt>show uvm</tt>
+ <li> The output of the
+         <tt><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&amp;sektion=4&amp;">ddb</a>&gt;</tt>
+         command <tt>show bcstats</tt>
+ <li> The output of the <tt>mount</tt> command from your running machine,
+         so we know what filesystems are mounted and how.
  </ul>
- <li> <em>If you crash appears to involve hibernate/resume</em> XXX
+ <li> <em>If your crash appears to involve hibernate/resume.</em> XXX
  </li>
  </ul>