1*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# 2*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# CDDL HEADER START 3*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# 4*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the 5*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.0 only 6*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance 7*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# with the License. 8*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# 9*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE 10*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. 11*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# See the License for the specific language governing permissions 12*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# and limitations under the License. 13*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# 14*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each 15*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. 16*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the 17*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying 18*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] 19*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# 20*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# CDDL HEADER END 21*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate# 22*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 23*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateCopyright (c) 1999 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. 24*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateAll rights reserved. 25*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 26*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate#ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI" 27*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 28*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatemdb(1) is an extensible utility for low-level debugging and editing of the 29*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatelive operating system, operating system crash dumps, user processes, user 30*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateprocess core dumps, and object files. mdb provides a completely customizable 31*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateenvironment for debugging complex software systems such as an operating system, 32*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatefor programs that are highly optimized, have had their debug information 33*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateremoved, or are themselves low-level debugging tools, and for customer 34*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatesituations where developers can only access post-mortem information. 35*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 36*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateRefer to the white paper "A Modular Debugger for Solaris" for information 37*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateon the design, features, and goals of MDB. See /shared/sac/PSARC/1999/169 38*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatefor copies of the paper and related documentation. More information about 39*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateMDB is available on the internal web at http://mdb.eng/. This directory 40*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatecontains both the source for the MDB debugger, and the supporting debugger 41*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatemodules. Developers are free to modify and enhance these modules to add 42*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatenew dcmds and walkers and to create completely new modules. 43*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 44