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| author | ddomingo <ddomingo@redhat.com> | 2008-11-20 09:35:43 +1000 |
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| committer | ddomingo <ddomingo@redhat.com> | 2008-11-20 09:35:43 +1000 |
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diff --git a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Introduction.xml b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Introduction.xml index dbca02fc..d63d7f8c 100644 --- a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Introduction.xml +++ b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Introduction.xml @@ -57,9 +57,12 @@ ** Short summary; when is SystemTap suitable vs other popular monitoring tools (e.g. top, Oprofile, /proc) </remark> + <para>SystemTap was originally developed as a working &PROD; version of old Linux probing tools such as <application>dprobes</application> and the Linux Trace Toolkit. SystemTap aims to supplement the existing suite of Linux monitoring tools by providing users with the infrastructure to track kernel activity. In addition, SystemTap combines this capability with two things:</para> + +<!-- <para>SystemTap was originally developed as a working &PROD; version of old Linux probing tools such as <application>dprobes</application> and the Linux Trace Toolkit. Further, SystemTap can also be considered the Linux answer to <firstterm>Dtrace</firstterm>. Dtrace is a Sun Microsystems "dynamic tracing" framework that assists administrators in monitoring and troubleshooting kernel and user-space applications in real time.</para> - <para>SystemTap aims to supplement the existing suite of Linux monitoring tools by providing users with the infrastructure to track kernel activity. In addition, SystemTap combines this capability with two things:</para> + <para>SystemTap aims to supplement the existing suite of Linux monitoring tools by providing users with the infrastructure to track kernel activity. In addition, SystemTap combines this capability with two things:</para>--> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Flexibility: SystemTap's framework allows users to develop simple scripts for investigating and monitoring a wide variety of kernel functions, system calls, and other events that occur in kernel-space. With this, SystemTap is not soo much a <emphasis>tool</emphasis> as it is a system that allows you to develop your own kernel-specific forensic and monitoring tools.</para></listitem> |