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On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 10:33:21PM +0200, bert hubert wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 01:01:32PM -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:
> > Another vote in favor of relayfs here ...
> 
> At OLS the 'SystemTAP' idea was presented, which has been partially
> implemented already, and it builds on relayfs as well. It dovetails nicely
> with kprobes.

And what exactly is this systemtap thing supposed to be?  And why the
heck do they announce it at some conference and we should suddenly care
about it?