diff -r cfb5950b7706 -r bef6166c683c hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.cpp	Wed Feb 15 09:43:16 2012 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.cpp	Wed Feb 15 10:12:55 2012 -0800
@@ -600,6 +600,10 @@
   tty->flush();
 }
 
+extern "C" void events() {
+  Command c("events");
+  Events::print();
+}
 
 // Given a heap address that was valid before the most recent GC, if
 // the oop that used to contain it is still live, prints the new
@@ -759,7 +763,7 @@
 
   tty->print_cr("misc.");
   tty->print_cr("  flush()       - flushes the log file");
-  tty->print_cr("  events()      - dump last 50 events");
+  tty->print_cr("  events()      - dump events from ring buffers");
 
 
   tty->print_cr("compiler debugging");