Dtrace port status

[Darren Reed]

John Birrell wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:34:19PM +0200, Olivier Warin wrote:
> > I recently wanted to give dtrace on FreeBSD a try but found this  
> > project to be stopped due to a licensing issue.
> > Will we see dtrace in the base just like zfs anytime (hopefully) soon ?
>
> I'm am currently trying to find a way around the licensing issues.
> Sun is no help at all. The patent clauses in their CDDL are a big deal.
> They claim that they don't want to sue anyone over patents, but
> when push comes to shove they actually will. Refer to the Netapp
> lawsuits.
>   

> ...
> DTrace consists mainly of kernel modules, however in order for DTrace
> to inspect the kernel internals it has to have some code inside
> existing BSD licensed files.
>   

This should not be a problem.
Code added to BSD licensed files should be BSD licensed.

Darren