Subject: Re: kern/32541: NetBSD should have dtrace
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/16/2006 01:35:02
The following reply was made to PR kern/32541; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/32541: NetBSD should have dtrace
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:30:31 +0000
On 2006.01.16 00:15:01 +0000, rillig@NetBSD.org wrote:
| >Number: 32541
| >Category: kern
| >Synopsis: NetBSD should have dtrace
| >Confidential: no
| >Severity: non-critical
| >Priority: medium
| >Responsible: kern-bug-people
| >State: open
| >Class: change-request
| >Submitter-Id: net
| >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 16 00:15:00 +0000 2006
| >Originator: Roland Illig
| >Release: NetBSD 3.99.15
| >Organization:
| >Environment:
| System: NetBSD baccf5ee.roland-illig.de 3.99.15 NetBSD 3.99.15 (ROLAND) #=
0: Sat Jan 14 19:36:12 CET 2006 build@baccf5ee.roland-illig.de:/home/build/=
2006-01/i386/work/sys/arch/i386/compile/ROLAND i386
| Architecture: i386
| Machine: i386
| >Description:
|=20
| DTrace (http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/dtrace/) is a great tool for
| debugging and understanding the kernel. It can also be used to identify
| timing bottlenecks and almost everything else.
|=20
| It would be great to have this cool feature in NetBSD.
I don't consider this a PR. It's a feature, not a change
request. Stuff like this should be discussed in the appropriate
mailing lists and then, if applicable, be added to the ROADMAP or to
our list of projects.
-- Rui Paulo