From 96fb769cb91ffe7016cd7dc5f97ae8111b7221f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Smith Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:39:11 -0500 Subject: Added blurb about the ring_buffer transport. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 007d89e0..70287a48 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ SYSTEMTAP_RUNTIME, SYSTEMTAP_TAPSET, SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH - nss and nss-tools are required to use this feature. +- A new experimental transport mechanism, using ftrace's ring_buffer, + has been added. This may become the default transport mechanism in + future versions of systemtap. To test this new transport mechanism, + define 'STP_USE_RING_BUFFER'. + * What's new in version 0.9.9 - Systemwide kernel .function.return (kretprobe) maxactive defaults may -- cgit