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+.TH hotkernel 1m "$Date:: 2007-09-24 #$" "USER COMMANDS"
+.SH NAME
+hotkernel - sample on-CPU kernel-level functions and modules.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B hotkernel
+[\-hm]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This samples the on-CPU function at 1001 Hertz, for a simple yet
+effective kernel-level profiling tool for sampling exclusive function time.
+The output will identify which function is on the CPU the most - which is
+the hottest. See Notes/ALLexclusive_notes.txt for an explanation of
+exclusive time.
+.SH OS
+Solaris
+.SH STABILITY
+stable - Written using Perl and DTrace (Solaris 10 03/05)
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+Sample kernel functions,
+#
+.B hotkernel
+.PP
+.TP
+Sample kernel modules,
+#
+.B hotkernel
+\-m
+.PP
+.SH DOCUMENTATION
+See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the
+Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked
+examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.
+.SH EXIT
+hotkernel will run until Ctrl-C is hit.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Brendan Gregg
+[CA, USA]
+.SH SEE ALSO
+dtrace(1M), hotuser(1M)