svn commit: r326125 - head/usr.sbin/kgmon

Edward Tomasz Napierala trasz at freebsd.org
Sun Nov 26 19:54:06 UTC 2017


On 1124T0138, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Edward Tomasz Napierala wrote:
> 
> > Log:
> >  Mark kgmon(8) obsolete, redirecting users to pmcstat(8).
> 
> It isn't obsolete.  pmcstat can't do at least full (non-statistical)
> call graphs and high-resolution profiling.

[snip detailed explanation]

Thanks.  Based on your arguments (and on the fact that I've tried
again to use it, following instructions from the URL below[1], and
this time it actually worked), I think I'll revert this commit,
and just add an ".Xr pmcstat 8" instead.


1. http://lserinol.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/freebsd-kernel-profiling-with-kgmon.html



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