Waiting for remote debugger connection

Periodically, I get kernel panics or system failures that end up waiting for a remote debugger connection and the system is unresponsive from that point on. I do not have a second system for a remote connection; but, do have a dual cpu system. Is there a way to designate the second cpu as the remote connection? If not, could anyone tell me which module handles the remote connection setup so that I might determine if such a connection can be established?