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authorWilliam Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>2008-11-25 11:03:28 -0500
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2008-11-24 Will Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>
+ * SystemTap_Tapset_Reference/tapsets.tmpl: Add context, timestamp,
+ memory, and networking tapsets.
+
+2008-11-24 Will Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>
+
* SystemTap_Tapset_Reference: Add kernel-doc based version.
2008-11-24 Will Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>
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</chapter>
+ <chapter id="context_stp">
+ <title>Context Functions</title>
+ <para>
+ The context functions provide additional information about the where
+ the event occurred.
+ These functions can provide information such as a backtrace
+ where the event occured
+ and the current register values for the processor.
+ </para>
+!Itapset/context.stp
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="timestamp_stp">
+ <title>Timestamp Functions</title>
+ <para>
+ Each timestamp function returns a value to indicate when
+ the function is executed.
+ Thus, these returned values can be used to indicate
+ when an event occurs, provide an ordering for events, or compute
+ the amount of time elapsed between to time stamps.
+ </para>
+!Itapset/timestamp.stp
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="memory_stp">
+ <title>Memory Tapset</title>
+!Itapset/memory.stp
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="networking.stp">
+ <title>Networking Tapset</title>
+ <para>
+ This family of probe points is used to probe the activities of
+ network device.
+ </para>
+!Itapset/networking.stp
+ </chapter>
+
</book>