re: kern/50700: dtrace module(s) cannot be loaded

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/50700; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, paul%whooppee.com@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: re: kern/50700: dtrace module(s) cannot be loaded
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:23:56 +1100

 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > build a kernel witihout built-in dtrace (ie, no 'options KDTRACE_HOOKS),
 > and try to 'modload dtrace'
 
 i think you misunderstand how dtrace works.
 
 (a) it is only a module.  (we don't have it any other way, and
 i think this is a legal issue with CDDL?)
 
 (b) options KDTRACE_HOOKS is required to enable support.
 
 so what you're seeing is entirely expected -- "don't do that."
 
 
 .mrg.