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diff --git a/README.dtrace.md b/README.dtrace.md index 71023dfe69..bbff233ed9 100644 --- a/README.dtrace.md +++ b/README.dtrace.md @@ -27,27 +27,17 @@ Goals Supported platforms ------------------- -The autoconf procedure is supported, I believe, for OS X/Snow Leopard -and OpenSolaris/64-bit. Just add the `--enable-dtrace` option your -command to run the `configure` script. - -The code has been only very lightly tested on OS X. It ought to -compile on a Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris machine, but no promises yet. - -The autoconf stuff is ugly right now. It could use some cleaning up. -For example: - -* After editing the `erlang_dtrace.d` file, you need to re-run the -* top-level "configure" script in order to update `erlang_dtrace.h`. -* `make clean` will remove `erlang_dtrace.h`. A build will fail - unless the top-level "configure" script is re-run to re-create that - file. -* The `erlang_dtrace.h` file's location should probably be moved to an - OTP platform-specific build dir, for example, - `path/to/somewhere/i386-apple-darwin10.8.0` -* There are probably some other build by-products that are also being - put into the "wrong" directory, for example, `erlang_dtrace.o` for - Solaris platforms. +* OS X 10.6.x / Snow Leopard. It should also work for 10.7 / Lion, + but I haven't personally tested it. +* Solaris 10. I have done limited testing on Solaris 11 and + OpenIndiana release 151a, and both appear to work. +* FreeBSD 9.0, though please see the "FreeBSD 9.0 Release Notes" + section below! +* Linux via SystemTap compatibility. Please see the file + `README.systemtap.md` for more details. + +Just add the `--enable-dtrace` option to your command when you run the +`configure` script. Contributions ------------- @@ -61,9 +51,12 @@ To build from scratch, use this recipe. If you're an experienced Git user and wish to add my repository as a remote repository, be my guest. Just resume the recipe at command #4. +NOTE: The `dtrace-experiment+michal2` branch is used for changes that +can be applied to both R14B and R15 releases. + % git clone git://github.com/slfritchie/otp.git % cd otp - % git checkout -b dtrace-experiment origin/dtrace-experiment + % git checkout -b dtrace-experiment+michal2 origin/dtrace-experiment+michal2 % env ERL_TOP=`pwd` ./otp_build autoconf % env ERL_TOP=`pwd` ./configure --enable-dtrace + whatever args you need % env ERL_TOP=`pwd` make |