From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas??? From: "Sascha Retzki" Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:03:26 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20060917124149.72785.qmail@web60225.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: b7f7d2b2-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Hi Sascha, >=20 > Profiler is a tool that monitors all the CPU happenings(time taken, res= ources used etc..) while a OS activity(like i/o acceess etc..) is being e= xecuted and reports them in a detailed user friendly way... >=20 > It is generally used in the development stage to improve the efficiency= of the code, depending upon the reports generated. >=20 May be interesting, alongside with print() and debuggers. > Sascha Retzki wrote: > Thanks Sascha Retzki, for such = a immediate reply... >>=20 >> But, i'm more interested to do memory, drivers etc. >=20 > Oh, okay. There is the sparc64 port which needs some love, for instance= . :-) >=20 > What about something which comes with complete 'layers' of stuff, like = AC97 (this software-audio stuff)?=20 >=20 > 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)... >=20 >>=20 >> I also wanted to know how good it would be if i do something like a pr= ofiler for a subset of functionalities for plan 9? >=20 > What do you mean by 'profile(r)'? >=20 >>=20 >> Sascha Retzki wrote:=20 >>> I mean, it'll be like i get to do something nw and also will be able = to 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 = rates starting at 1=C2=A2/min. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > "Argue for your limitations... > And sure enough, they are yours!" > =20 >=20 >=20 > =09 > --------------------------------- > Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.=20