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+* What's new in version 0.7
+
+- Stack backtraces for x86 and x86-64 are generated by a dwarf
+ debuginfo-based unwinder based on the code from <jbeulich@novell.com>.
+ This should give more accurate backtraces.
+
+- A probe listing mode is available.
+ % stap -l vm.*
+ vm.brk
+ vm.mmap
+ vm.munmap
+ vm.oom_kill
+ vm.pagefault
+ vm.write_shared
+
+- More user-space probe types are added:
+
+ probe process(PID).clone { }
+ probe process("PATH").clone { }
+ probe process(PID).exec { }
+ probe process("PATH").exec { }
+ probe process(PID).death { }
+ probe process("PATH").death { }
+ probe process(PID).syscall { }
+ probe process("PATH").syscall { }
+ probe process(PID).syscall.return { }
+ probe process("PATH").syscall.return { }
+
* What's new in version 0.6
- A copy of the systemtap tutorial and language reference guide