Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:41:42 GMT From: Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/173484: [feature request] DTrace: the current implementation requires kernel being uncompressed Message-ID: <201211082141.qA8LfgsB072569@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201211082150.qA8Lo0br072995@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 173484 >Category: bin >Synopsis: [feature request] DTrace: the current implementation requires kernel being uncompressed >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 08 21:50:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Xin LI >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 >Organization: The FreeBSD Project >Environment: System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0 r241358: Mon Oct 8 23:17:12 UTC 2012 peter@freefall.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/FREEFALL amd64 >Description: Currently DTrace requires the kernel being uncompressed. It would be desirable to have it automatically use corresponding decompress libraries to access kernel if it's compressed with e.g. gzip(1). >How-To-Repeat: gzip /boot/kernel/kernel (with loader support of LOADER_GZIP_SUPPORT, which is default), boot the system and try dtrace -l. >Fix: Not yet. This is a note so it wouldn't be forgotten. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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