Hi All, Can someone help me in getting info about specific dtrace features introduced in individual S10 updates like U1,U2,U3 etc... This message posted from opensolaris.org
Narain wrote:> Hi All, > > Can someone help me in getting info about specific dtrace features introduced in individual S10 updates like U1,U2,U3 etc... >If any functionality/features were added they should be in the "What''s New" document in the Release Collection for each update. Thanks, -- Derek E. Lewis delewis at acm.org riemann.solnetworks.net/~dlewis
Emphasis on the "should be". If you look through the "Solaris 10 What''s New", you''ll see some discussion about DTrace, but it''s not very specific. For example, "strstr()" is in 6/06, but not in 3/05. There''s no mention of that or any other additional functions in the "What''s New". I''ve been thinking about adding a section for this to the DTrace FAQ (genunix.org/wiki/index.php/DTrace_FAQ), in my copious spare time, ;-) but I''m not sure what was added when. But I''ll tell you what. If others would be willing to send me what''s been added and what release it was added, I''d be willing to act as consolidator and add it to the web site. Chip Derek E. Lewis wrote:> Narain wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Can someone help me in getting info about specific dtrace features >> introduced in individual S10 updates like U1,U2,U3 etc... >> > If any functionality/features were added they should be in the "What''s > New" document in the Release Collection for each update. > > Thanks, >
Chip Bennett wrote:> I''ve been thinking about adding a section for this to the DTrace FAQ > (genunix.org/wiki/index.php/DTrace_FAQ), in my copious > spare time, ;-) but I''m not sure what was added when.I think any behavioral changes or feature additions present in DTrace that are implemented in future Solaris versions should be quantified and explained in some manner by way of official documentation. Adding a section to the "Dynamic Tracing Guide" that does this for each Solaris release would be adequate, but that in itself is not really an OpenSolaris issue as much as it is an issue with Sun''s OpenSolaris-based distribution, Solaris. Having a community Wiki page to clarify these changes and feature additions sounds like the best route to cover the entire OpenSolaris community and not just Solaris users. -- Derek E. Lewis delewis at acm.org riemann.solnetworks.net/~dlewis
Derek E. Lewis wrote:> I think any behavioral changes or feature additions present in DTrace > that are implemented in future Solaris versions should be quantified > and explained in some manner by way of official documentation. Adding > a section to the "Dynamic Tracing Guide" that does this for each > Solaris release would be adequate, but that in itself is not really an > OpenSolaris issue as much as it is an issue with Sun''s > OpenSolaris-based distribution, Solaris. > > Having a community Wiki page to clarify these changes and feature > additions sounds like the best route to cover the entire OpenSolaris > community and not just Solaris users. >If you''re just saying a community FAQ should included both worlds, I agree. But if you''re saying we shouldn''t try to document official Sun release information, just because it doesn''t really belong in a community FAQ, I would disagree. Until Sun catches up, we should try to reduce the confusion, if we can. Chip
Chip Bennett wrote:> If you''re just saying a community FAQ should included both worlds, I > agree.Yes, this is exactly what I meant. The question is what should we use as a source of information other than experimentation to determine functionality/feature variations between Solaris/DTrace releases? -- Derek E. Lewis delewis at acm.org riemann.solnetworks.net/~dlewis
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