diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 753bd6411e2..7e3baf87e0e 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-Name: Ui Plug-in
+Bundle-Name: %pluginName
+Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui
 Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui.DsfUIPlugin
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/plugin.properties b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/plugin.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67ffce67f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/plugin.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Wind River Systems and others.
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   Wind River Systems - initial API and implementation
+###############################################################################
+pluginName=DSDP/DD Debugger Services Framework (DSF), UI
+providerName=Eclipse.org
+
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b9ae36656fd..5b33ce3d3d5 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-Name: DSF Plug-in
+Bundle-Name: %pluginName
+Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.dd.dsf
 Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.dd.dsf.DsfPlugin
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/plugin.properties b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/plugin.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7152bf0a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/plugin.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Wind River Systems and others.
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   Wind River Systems - initial API and implementation
+###############################################################################
+pluginName=DSDP/DD Debugger Services Framework (DSF)
+providerName=Eclipse.org
+
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/concurrent/DsfRunnable.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/concurrent/DsfRunnable.java
index 65bc577c7df..6318b8a9dcb 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/concurrent/DsfRunnable.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/concurrent/DsfRunnable.java
@@ -18,4 +18,28 @@ package org.eclipse.dd.dsf.concurrent;
  * place holder for future tracing enhancments for DSF.  
  */
 abstract public class DsfRunnable implements Runnable {
+    private StackTraceElement []  fStackTrace = null; 
+    
+    public DsfRunnable() {
+        // Use assertion flag (-ea) to jre to avoid affecting performance when not debugging.
+        boolean assertsEnabled = false;
+        assert assertsEnabled = true;
+        if (assertsEnabled) {
+            fStackTrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public  String toString () {
+        // If assertions are not turned on.
+        if (fStackTrace == null) return super.toString();
+        
+        StringBuilder builder = new  StringBuilder() ;
+        // ommit the first elements in the stack trace
+        for  ( int  i= 3 ; i < fStackTrace.length; i++ ) {
+            builder.append ( "\tat " ) ;
+            builder.append ( fStackTrace [ i ] .toString ()) ;
+            builder.append ( "\n" ) ;
+        }
+        return  builder.toString () ;
+    } 
 }