From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 1 06:10:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101DC16A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:10:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCDA43D46 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:10:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j316A3q8056197 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j316A3Zu056196; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:10:03 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200504010610.j316A3Zu056196@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "Daniel O'Connor" Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74CD216A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:09:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA4743D1F for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:09:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j316901c045186 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:39:01 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: (from doconnor@localhost) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) id j31690D1045185; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:39:00 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor) Message-Id: <200504010609.j31690D1045185@cain.gsoft.com.au> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:39:00 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: kern/79421: Important new debugging/development feature for 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel O'Connor List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 06:10:04 -0000 >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: