On 12/27/06, Frank Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Felix Schulte wrote:

> On 12/27/06, Michael Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> One can dtrace dtrace as in use the kernel framework + command to debug
>> the command and library.  We do this often.  One cannot debug DTrace the
>> kernel software, though, since you can't instrument the kernel portion of
>> the instrumentation framework.  This would violate the s/w laws of physics.
> I was thinking about this part. Why is this a violation of physics? A

Perpetuum mobile.
depends on the viewpoint of the observer. The universe viewed from
outside is a Perpetuum mobile
Emit a DTrace probe within the code that emits a DTrace probe within the
code that emits a DTrace probe ...
You dtrace location a and the dtrace code location b watches the
probe. You emit two messages and no loop
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