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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>SystemTap</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="systemtap.css" type="text/css"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= "text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> </head> <body> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" height="80"><img src="systemtaplogo.png" alt="SystemTap logo" width="165" height="25"></td> <td valign="bottom" class="topnavright" align="right"> <a href="index.html">Overview</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp; Get Involved&nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki">Wiki</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="documentation.html">Documentation</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="links.html">Links</a></td> </tr> </table> <div class="mainbackground"> <div class="maintextregion"> <img src="systemtapcorner.gif"> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" border="0" width="99%" style="margin-top:17;"> <tr> <td width="200">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"> <h1>Get Involved</h1> <h2>Communicate</h2> <p>Sign up for the <a href="mailto:systemtap@sources.redhat.com"><tt>systemtap@sources.redhat.com</tt></a> mailing list here.</p> <blockquote> <form method="get" action= "http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/ml-request"> <select name="listname"> <option value="systemtap"> systemtap </option> </select> Your e-mail address: <input type="text" name="username" size="25"><br> <input type="checkbox" name="digest">Digest version <tt>&nbsp;</tt> <select name="operation"> <option value="subscribe"> subscribe </option> <option value="unsubscribe"> unsubscribe </option> </select> <tt>&nbsp;</tt> <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Send in the request"> </form> </blockquote> <p>Or just browse:</p> <ul> <li>mailing list: <a href= "http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/">web archive</a> or <a href="news://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.systemtap">gmane newsgroup</a> or <a href="http://rss.gmane.org/messages/complete/gmane.linux.systemtap">RSS</a></li> <li>code changes: <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=summary">gitweb</a> or <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=rss">RSS</a> </li> </ul> <p>Join the Systemtap discussion at <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/systemtap">#systemtap</a> on irc.freenode.net</p><br> <hr> <h2>Try It Out</h2> <p>If you are running Fedora Core 4 or newer, you can install systemtap and its dependencies with </p> <pre>yum install systemtap kernel-devel yum --enablerepo=core-debuginfo --enablerepo=updates-debuginfo \	install kernel-debuginfo </pre> <p>To build and install the latest sources, follow the <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/git/?p=systemtap.git;a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=HEAD">these directions</a>. The essence:</p> <ul><li><tt>git clone git://sources.redhat.com/git/systemtap.git</tt></li> <li>Weekly snapshots at <a href="ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/systemtap/snapshots/"><tt>ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/systemtap/snapshots/</tt></a>.</li> <li>Browse the <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=summary">gitweb viewer</a></li> </ul> <p>Once installed, try these little scripts:</p> <pre># stap -ve 'probe begin { log("hello world") exit () }' # stap -c df -e 'probe syscall.* { if (target()==pid()) log(name." ".argstr) }' </pre> <br> <hr> <h2>Contribute</h2> <p>We welcome people to critique, test, document, and develop systemtap. We try to make it easy with minimal legal bureaucracy or process constriction; one should read the <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/git/?p=systemtap.git;a=blob_plain;f=HACKING;hb=HEAD">HACKING</a> file for details on contributing to systemtap. Regular contributors may earn <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/pdw/ps_form.cgi">GIT write accounts</a> to directly commit their code. Here is our list of <a href= "http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?query_format=&amp;short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&amp;short_desc=&amp;product=systemtap&amp;long_desc_type=substring&amp;long_desc=&amp;bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&amp;bug_file_loc=&amp;gcchost_type=allwordssubstr&amp;gcchost=&amp;gcctarget_type=allwordssubstr&amp;gcctarget=&amp;gccbuild_type=allwordssubstr&amp;gccbuild=&amp;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&amp;bug_status=NEW&amp;bug_status=ASSIGNED&amp;bug_status=SUSPENDED&amp;bug_status=WAITING&amp;bug_status=REOPENED&amp;emailassigned_to1=1&amp;emailtype1=substring&amp;email1=&amp;emailassigned_to2=1&amp;emailreporter2=1&amp;emailcc2=1&amp;emailtype2=substring&amp;email2=&amp;bugidtype=include&amp;bug_id=&amp;votes=&amp;chfieldfrom=&amp;chfieldto=Now&amp;chfieldvalue=&amp;cmdtype=doit&amp;order=Bug+Number&amp;field0-0-0=noop&amp;type0-0-0=noop&amp;value0-0-0="> current bugs/pending features</a>. You may need to create a <a href= "http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/createaccount.cgi">new bugzilla account</a> to fully participate.</p> <SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4248;badge_js'></SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" class="footer"><a href= "http://sources.redhat.com/systemtap">SystemTap</a></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>