From doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au Fri Apr 1 06:09:05 2005 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74CD216A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:09:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA4743D1F for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:09:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j316901c045186 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:39:01 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: (from doconnor@localhost) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) id j31690D1045185; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:39:00 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor) Message-Id: <200504010609.j31690D1045185@cain.gsoft.com.au> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:39:00 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" Reply-To: "Daniel O'Connor" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Important new debugging/development feature for 5.4 X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 79421 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Important new debugging/development feature for 5.4 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 01 06:10:03 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: Fri Apr 01 06:25:24 GMT 2005 >Last-Modified: Sun Apr 10 18:40:20 GMT 2005 >Originator: Daniel O'Connor >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD inchoate.localdomain 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #1: Thu Mar 31 11:28:52 CST 2005 darius@inchoate.localdomain:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/INCHOATE i386 >Description: Frequently software developers are plagued by difficult to make decisions, "Should I use C# or Java?", "What debugging approach should I try?", "Does this tie REALLY go with my suit?". I propose a new tool to aid in these vital questions.. /dev/8ball! [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Yes. [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Very doubtful. [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Don't count on it. [inchoate 14:27] ~ >head -1 /dev/8ball Better not tell you now. Features genuine 8 ball responses but at a blistering speed [inchoate 14:27] ~ >dd if=/dev/8ball of=/dev/null bs=64k ^C1185+0 records in 1185+0 records out 77660160 bytes transferred in 1.470964 secs (52795412 bytes/sec) Also featured are /dev/one and /dev/deadbeef to complement /dev/zero. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/dev-8ball.diff >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: maxim State-Changed-When: Fri Apr 1 06:23:21 GMT 2005 State-Changed-Why: Merged to HEAD, RELENG_5 and all security branches, thanks! Please use Severity: critical for such PRs next time. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=79421 From: Robert Watson To: Daniel O'Connor Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/79421: Important new debugging/development feature for 5.4 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:39:54 +0100 (BST) On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/dev-8ball.diff Submitter may also be interested in: http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/freebsd_dev/ While written for an older version of FreeBSD, this useful debugging and development tool may come in handy. Robert N M Watson >Unformatted: