Re: port-amd64/47967: DTrace does not work while running under QEMU

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/47967; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/47967: DTrace does not work while running under QEMU
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:20:59 +0300

 On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:30:01PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/47967; it has been noted by 
 > GNATS.
 > 
 > From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
 > port-amd64-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 >      gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 > riz%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: port-amd64/47967: DTrace does not work while running under QEMU
 > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:28:08 -0400
 > 
 >  On Jun 26,  9:20pm, david%l8s.co.uk@localhost (David Laight) wrote:
 >  -- Subject: Re: port-amd64/47967: DTrace does not work while running under 
 > QE
 
 So, just that I wouldn't just rant:
 
 1) Rename the ridiculous constant; call it, say, HAVE_MSR.
 
 2) Probe it during initialization of TSC. No need to add quirks for whatever
    emulator is hot at the moment.
 
 3) Be done with it.
 
 - Jukka.