[osol-discuss] Re: [discuss] Project proposal: java kstats

[Eric Boutilier]

Thanks, Peter. You have seconds. I'll contact you offline
to get you set up.

Eric

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Peter Tribble wrote:
> I would like to propose a project (jkstat for short) to provide a Java
> binding to the kstat library, so that system kstats can be accessed
> from Java applications.
>
> The project would aim to provide the basic API and JNI interface, and a
> set of example tools to demonstrate its use.
>
> This would provide a simple mechanism for a java application to gain
> access to any system kstats, and would allow the construction of
> graphical system observability tools to display the vast wealth of
> information collected by kstats. The interface would also allow the
> Chime DTrace visualization tool to link DTrace probes with kstat data.
>
> Initial leaders for this project are myself and Tom Erickson.
>
> I have already prototyped an implementation that demonstrates such a
> project to be both feasible and useful. I would be delighted to receive
> any comments or suggestions - or code assistance - that would improve
> the project. See http://www.petertribble.co.uk/Solaris/jkstat.html
>
> (Note that this proposal does not imply that my existing prototype is
> preselected as the implementation to be used for the project, although
> I believe it to be a useful starting point. It's going to need extensive
> revision at the very least.)
>
> -- 
> -Peter Tribble
> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
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