Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:39:00 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/79421: Important new debugging/development feature for 5.4 Message-ID: <200504010609.j31690D1045185@cain.gsoft.com.au> Resent-Message-ID: <200504010610.j316A3Zu056196@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 79421 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Important new debugging/development feature for 5.4 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 01 06:10:03 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel O'Connor >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD inchoate.localdomain 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #1: Thu Mar 31 11:28:52 CST 2005 darius@inchoate.localdomain:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/INCHOATE i386 >Description: Frequently software developers are plagued by difficult to make decisions, "Should I use C# or Java?", "What debugging approach should I try?", "Does this tie REALLY go with my suit?". I propose a new tool to aid in these vital questions.. /dev/8ball! [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Yes. [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Very doubtful. [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Don't count on it. [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Better not tell you now. Features genuine 8 ball responses but at a blistering speed [inchoate 14:27] ~ >dd if=/dev/8ball of=/dev/null bs=64k ^C1185+0 records in 1185+0 records out 77660160 bytes transferred in 1.470964 secs (52795412 bytes/sec) Also featured are /dev/one and /dev/deadbeef to complement /dev/zero. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/dev-8ball.diff >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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