Add a note about what versions of FreeBSD use kgdb and what versions do not.

Suggested by: simon
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2005-03-01 07:00:29 +00:00 · 2005-03-01 07:00:29 +00:00 · 991f86250f · 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/chapter.sgml
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  <sect1 id="kerneldebug-gdb">
    <title>Debugging a Kernel Crash Dump with <command>kgdb</command></title>

+    <note>
+      <para>This section covers &man.kgdb.1; as found in &os;&nbsp;5.3
+	and later.  In previous versions, one must use
+	<command>gdb -k</command> to read a core dump file.</para>
+    </note>
+
    <para>Once a dump has been obtained, getting useful information
      out of the dump is relatively easy for simple problems.  Before
      launching into the internals of &man.kgdb.1; to debug