syscons util remove use kbdcontrol & vidcontrol instead
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32.\" @(#)ktrace.2 1.0 (Berkeley) 1/4/94
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34.Dd Jan 4, 1994
35.Dt KTRACE 2
36.Os BSD 4.3
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm ktrace
39.Nd kernel call trace
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <sys/ktrace.h>
42.Ft int
43.Fn ktrace "const char *file" "int op" "int flag" "pid_t pid"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45.Fn Ktrace
46enables kernel trace logging for the specified processes.
47Kernel trace data is logged to the file
48.Pa file .
49The kernel operations that are traced include system calls, namei
50translations, signal processing, and
51.Tn I/O .
52
53needs to be written.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55needs to be written.
56.Sh ERRORS
57.Fn Ktrace
58will fail if:
59.Bl -tag -width Er
60.It Bq Er EACCESS
61.It Bq Er EPERM
62.It Bq Er EINVAL
63.It Bq Er ESRCH
64The pid doesn't exist.
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr ktrace 1