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1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [67240]
a. Name of Feature: [6.1 FEAT] provide libvirt interface around qemu static tracing
b. Feature Description
libvirt interface around qemu static tracing infrastructure


2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: LTC Open Virtualization
Architectures:  x86_64, 

Arch Specificity: purely common code
Affects Kernel Modules: Field does not exist
Delivery Mechanism: Direct from Community
Category: other
Request Type: Package - Update Version
d. Upstream Acceptance: Field does not exist
Sponsor Priority P3
f. Severity: normal
IBM Confidential: No
Code Contribution: IBM code
g. Component Version Target:---

3. Business Case
providing a qemu-level tracing solution allows for better/quicker debug and problem
diagnosis/resolution resulting in lower management costs.  Customers require a libvirt interface to
interact with qemu features to isolate them from implementation details.

4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis jjarvis

5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Michael W. Wortman, wortman.com

Technical contact(s):
PRERNA SAXENA, saxena.prerna.com

------- Comment From rsisk.com 2010-10-04 11:14 EDT-------
Code Upstream Status: Not Started

------- Comment From mcintire.com 2010-11-15 16:46 EDT-------
Deferring this feature to a later release.

Closing NOTABUG on the basis that the SystemTAP driver now included for QEMU does not actually require any API support to be present in libvirt.

------- Comment From mcintire.com 2011-03-04 10:30 EDT-------
IBM is quiting this feature.  The function is already in RHEL 6.1.