From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 8 09:38:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6456F16ED2B for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:38:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: from what-creek.com (what-creek.com [66.111.37.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2483043D48 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:38:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: by what-creek.com (Postfix, from userid 102) id AF80778C1D; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:38:23 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:38:23 +0000 From: John Birrell To: current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060608073823.GA34193@what-creek.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Subject: DTrace for FreeBSD- source snapshots X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:38:36 -0000 Since the Slashdot article and my last status update here, I've had numerous requests for access to the development sources for the DTrace port to FreeBSD. I had hoped to get the DTrace P4 project exported to CVS and then to a CVSup server, but that doesn't seem to be possible. The FreeBSD P4 admins who can set this up haven't responded to my emails. Sulk. The best that I can do at the moment is to make a tar-ball containing the entire FreeBSD-current source tree available for download. You can get it from There is also a link on that page to a diff of the changed files and another tar-ball of the added files in case you want to just look. You should regard this as pre-alpha quality. It's still a work-in-progress. It can crash your system and/or ruin your day. Don't ask me how I know. 8-) The source tree will build on an i386 RELENG_6 machine (or a current one) using a standard 'buildworld'. The 'buildkernel' step will need to be: 'make NO_CTF=1 buildkernel' at the moment due to the fact that the buildkernel phase doesn't seem to use the bootstrapped tools. That's a problem that someone could work on. Hint. 8-) If there is someone with a bit of spare time on their hands, I'd like an install ISO to be built using 'make release'. And someone else might care to work on producing a live CD using FreeSBIE . That would be useful too. One final note: If you want to help out, please don't tell me you don't have much spare time. I'm looking for people who can put a bit of effort in. DTrace isn't a trivial project. It touches every part of the operating system. -- John Birrell