Subject: Re: kern/32541: NetBSD should have dtrace
To: None <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/16/2006 01:30:31
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