puffcrash.1

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  15 .Dd $Mdocdate: June 10 2017 $
  16 .Dt PUFFCRASH 1
  17 .Os
  18 .Sh NAME
  19 .Nm puffcrash
  20 .Nd OpenBSD kernel debugging assitant
  21 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  22 .Nm
  23 .Op Fl c Ar config
  24 .Op Ar serial\ console\ log
  25 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  26 .Nm
  27 reads serial terminal output from OpenBSD machines, listening for
  28 kernel panics.
  29 When detected (and following 'trace' command is issued to
  30 .Xr ddb 4 ,
  31 puffcrash tries to ascertain the source lines implicated in the crash via
  32 .Xr objdump 1
  33 and source tags (usually generated by `make tags`), displaying them if succesful.
  34 .Pp
  35 .Nm
  36 reads from standard input if logfile argument is omitted.
  37 .Sh SEE ALSO
  38 .Xr ddb 4
  39 .Sh HISTORY
  40 .Nm
  41 does not appear in
  42 .Ox 6.1
  43 currently.
  44 .Sh AUTHORS
  45 .An -nosplit
  46 .Nm
  47 was written by
  48 .An Ian Sutton Aq Mt ian@ce.gl .