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On 15.10.12 20:07, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch
> <mailto:andreast-list@fgznet.ch>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Justin,
>
>
>     On 12.10.12 00:58, Justin Hibbits wrote:
>
>         Let me try this one more time (serves me right for doing multiple
>         projects in one tree).
>
>         I hope I got this one right. (I swear I've tested all this code!)
>
>
>     I have some questions:
>
>     This one is currently an 'emtpy' file, right?
>
>     - sys/cddl/dev/dtrace/powerpc/__regset.h
>
>
> Correct.  It's unused by ppc (and mips, which just copies the x86 one).
>   I haven't yet decided if I should keep an empty file (copyright-only
> like other files) or remove it altogether.

Fine. Then I did it right.

>     These are not built yet, correct?
>
>     - sys/modules/dtrace/lockstat, profile
>
>
> Correct.  Although I don't see a reason they shouldn't be, so my next
> patch (which will also attempt ppc64) may enable them.

Enabling them is simple, at least from the compilation pov.

>     How did you test, iow. did you try some tests from the dtracetoolkit
>     or did you write your own sampling routines?

>
>
> I just ran a simple 'dtrace -n <probe>'.  Nothing fancy, didn't try the
> dtracetoolkit.  I'll try that tonight or tomorrow.

Happy panicking :)

I play around with a netboot env. So it is not that dramatic.
Well, I'm a very newbie here and it seems that I have to hit my head.

Thanks!

Andreas