From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:48:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:48:10 -0400 Received: from ausmtp01.au.ibm.COM ([202.135.136.97]:54951 "EHLO ausmtp01.au.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:47:59 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: IBMIN@IBMAU From: vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com To: ltc@linux.ibm.com, dprobes@www-124.southbury.usf.ibm.com cc: patrick.s.thomson@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:16:32 +0530 Subject: [Announce] Dynamic Probes v3.0 Released Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dynamic Probes v 3.0 is released. Dynamic Probes is a generic and pervasive debugging facility that will operate under the most extreme software conditions such as debugging a deep rooted operating system problem in a live environment. We have released the next major version of Dynamic Probes. It can be downloaded from the project website at: http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux/projects/dprobes/ Brief Changelog: Dynamic Probes can now be built as a kernel module. It now uses generalized kernel hooks which reduces the overhead on the system when dprobes is compiled in, but dormant. - use kernel hooks (gkhi) - remove system call, dprobes is now a character driver and user-space interface is through ioctls - dprobes can be built as a module - watchpoint probes ("Global Debug Registers"/CONFIG_DR_ALLOC) can now be turned off in the build - new call_kmod instruction - new log target, posix event log - bug fixes/cleanup in query/getvars - fix exit to kdb so that backtrace works - implement ros instruction - cmdl.l fix to accept '-' in names (mmlnx@linux.ibm.com) - upgrade to 2.4.12 (patch for 2.4.6 also available) * please refer to the README in the package for kernel build configuration options, which have changed significantly. You now need to enable the Kernel Hooks support to see the DProbes build options. Regards.. Vamsi. Vamsi Krishna S. Linux Technology Center, IBM Software Lab, Bangalore. Ph: +91 80 5262355 Extn: 3959 Internet: vamsi_krishna@in.ibm.com