Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:21:35 -0500 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: What's left over. |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: >>Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT > I don't know what this buys us.
I'd like to add a request for this to be in mainstream. The benefits have already been stated in this thread, and it has been used here to good effect.
>>Crash Dumping (LKCD > This is definitely a vendor-driven thing. I don't believe it has any > relevance unless vendors actively support it.
I'd like to see this too. The more debug information the better as far as I'm concerned.
>>Hires Timer > This one is likely another "vendor push" thing.
It doesn't hurt performance when turned off, and allows for finer-grained timing when turned on. What's not to like? I can't comment on the actual code, but I really like the idea.
Chris
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