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Tuesday August 16, 2005

DTrace on FreeBSD?

One of the exciting things about OpenSolaris is that it's released under a license -- the CDDL -- that allows ports of individual components to other systems. In particular, at my OSCON presentation two weeks ago, I discussed some of the expertise required to port one such component, DTrace, to another system. I'm happy to now report that Devon O'Dell has started working on a port to one such system, FreeBSD. This has been talked about before (in some cases, with braggadocio), but Devon is the first to start the work in earnest. And indeed, work it will be: DTrace isn't a simple system, and it has several dependencies on other, Solaris-specific system components. That said, it should certainly be possible, and we on Team DTrace are available to help out in any way we can. So if you're interested in working on this, you should ping Devon -- I know that he'll welcome the help. And if you have specific questions about DTrace internals (or anything, for that matter), swing by #opensolaris and join the party!

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