From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <20060917124149.72785.qmail@web60225.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:41:49 -0700 From: tushar mahule Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas??? To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <1c2c949f30c8cadb5705c3944690ac98@mail.gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-430845611-1158496909=:72769" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: b8000c52-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --0-430845611-1158496909=:72769 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Sascha, Profiler is a tool that monitors all the CPU happenings(time taken, resou= rces used etc..) while a OS activity(like i/o acceess etc..) is being exe= cuted and reports them in a detailed user friendly way... It is generally used in the development stage to improve the efficiency o= f the code, depending upon the reports generated. Sascha Retzki wrote: > Thanks Sascha Retzki, for such a = immediate reply... >=20 > But, i'm more interested to do memory, drivers etc. Oh, okay. There is the sparc64 port which needs some love, for instance. = :-) What about something which comes with complete 'layers' of stuff, like AC= 97 (this software-audio stuff)?=20 There is also SATA, I just know of one SATA-controller supported, just be= cause it happen to behave pretty like his grandfather or something (the l= istarchive has the details)... >=20 > I also wanted to know how good it would be if i do something like a pro= filer for a subset of functionalities for plan 9? What do you mean by 'profile(r)'? >=20 > Sascha Retzki wrote:=20 >> I mean, it'll be like i get to do something nw and also will be able t= o give it back to open source... >>=20 >=20 > graphicssupport for acme! :) >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > "Argue for your limitations... > And sure enough, they are yours!" > =20 >=20 >=20 > =20 > --------------------------------- > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great r= ates starting at 1=A2/min. "Argue for your limitations... And sure enough, they are yours!" =20 =09 --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.=20 --0-430845611-1158496909=:72769 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Sascha,

Profiler is a tool that monitors all the CPU happ= enings(time taken, resources used etc..) while a OS activity(like i/o acc= eess etc..) is being executed and reports them in a detailed user friendl= y way...

It is generally used in the development stage to improve = the efficiency of the code, depending upon the reports generated.
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Sascha Retzki <sretzki@gmx.de> wrote: > Thanks Sascha Retzki, for such = a immediate reply...
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> But, i'm more interested to do memo= ry, drivers etc.

Oh, okay. There is the sparc64 port which needs s= ome love, for instance. :-)

What about something which comes with = complete 'layers' of stuff, like AC97 (this software-audio stuff)?
There is also SATA, I just know of one SATA-controller supported, just = because it happen to behave pretty like his grandfather or something (the listarchive has the details)...

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> I also wanted to know how good it would be if i do something l= ike a profiler for a subset of functionalities for plan 9?

What do= you mean by 'profile(r)'?

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> Sascha Retzki wrote:
>> I mean, it'll be like i get to do something nw = and also will be able to give it back to open source...
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> "Argue for your limitations...
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> Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to= -Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1=A2/min.

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