dtrace discuss - Mar 2008 - Using DTrace on Kernel Extensions in OS X

I am currently working with the ZFS port to OS X which is a kext.  I had heard
that you cannot use DTrace on kexts in OS X at the moment.  Does anyone know
why?


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On Mar 22, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Kathleen wrote:
> I am currently working with the ZFS port to OS X which is a kext.  I  
> had heard that you cannot use DTrace on kexts in OS X at the  
> moment.  Does anyone know why?
	The dog ate that code.

	Kexts are SO nineties, we think they''re going away.

	The Brady-Barr kext control act of 2007 required us not to ship that  
code by law.

	It''s a GPL v4 licensing issue.

	Or, possibly we just didn''t get that functionality implemented yet
:-).

	James M