The Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) now supports kernel-level debugging. It has been available for application-level debugging for some time, but real-time developers had to contend with basic debugging ...

Kernel debugging systems can slow the kernel enough to hide or change the bugs they’re looking for. A new tracing system would minimize the performance penalty of running with tracing on. LTTng relies ...

In the embedded/real-time arena, where operating system licensing costs are high and so are the stakes, the usage of an open-source operating system such as Linux has many advantages. Apart from the ...

In light of recent events on the tracing tools side of Linux, some reflections came to mind which I would like to share with the Linux community. It is my hope that my perspective and experience as a ...

Mentor Graphics Announces Successful Integration of the MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform into a Yocto Project 1.3 and GENIVI 3.0-compliant Platform By using the LLTng (Linux Trace Toolkit ...

Kernel developers discuss the future of system tracing tools, including KProbes and the Linux Trace Toolkit. Sometimes, things just do not go according to plan. Mathieu Desnoyers is the current ...

Karim Yaghmour shares his views on the evolution of the open-source movement and his in-depth experiences with the development of a well-received Linux project. In light of recent events on the ...