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List:       opensolaris-dtrace-discuss
Subject:    Re: [dtrace-discuss] Using DTrace on Kernel Extensions in OS X
From:       James McIlree <jmcilree () apple ! com>
Date:       2008-03-24 16:39:09
Message-ID: 51D37CCF-F316-4E79-82AE-27D62F9CC45B () apple ! com
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On Mar 22, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Kathleen wrote:
> I am currently working with the ZFS port to OS X which is a kext.  I  
> had heard that you cannot use DTrace on kexts in OS X at the  
> moment.  Does anyone know why?

	The dog ate that code.

	Kexts are SO nineties, we think they're going away.

	The Brady-Barr kext control act of 2007 required us not to ship that  
code by law.

	It's a GPL v4 licensing issue.

	Or, possibly we just didn't get that functionality implemented yet :-).

	James M

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