0.6.4

[lttv.git] / ltt / branches / poly / QUICKSTART

diff --git a/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART b/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART
index ec10361f46c8997bf8d2c5db7c9441333441e986..ca798bdc755935fd8973b637dedc55a6fe10a425 100644 (file)
--- a/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART
+++ b/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ What you will typically want is to read sections 1 and 3 : install LTTng from
 binary packages and use it. If there are no packages ready for your system, you
 will have to install from sources (section 2) instead.
 
 binary packages and use it. If there are no packages ready for your system, you
 will have to install from sources (section 2) instead.
 

-These operations are made for installing LTTng 0.3 on a linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm2
+These operations are made for installing LTTng 0.4 on a linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm2

 kernel. Change the versions to fit your needs.
 
 Author : Mathieu Desnoyers, September 2005
 kernel. Change the versions to fit your needs.
 
 Author : Mathieu Desnoyers, September 2005


@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mkdir /usr/src/lttng
 cd /usr/src/lttng
 (see http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng for package listing)
 wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/lttng-modules-0.2.tar.bz2
 cd /usr/src/lttng
 (see http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng for package listing)
 wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/lttng-modules-0.2.tar.bz2

-wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3.bz2
+wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.bz2

 bzip2 -cd lttng-modules-0.2.tar.bz2 | tar xvof -
 
 
 bzip2 -cd lttng-modules-0.2.tar.bz2 | tar xvof -
 
 


@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc4/2.6.1
 bzip2 -cd linux-2.6.12-rc4.tar.bz2 | tar xvof -
 cd linux-2.6.12-rc4
 bzip2 -cd ../2.6.12-rc4-mm2.bz2 | patch -p1
 bzip2 -cd linux-2.6.12-rc4.tar.bz2 | tar xvof -
 cd linux-2.6.12-rc4
 bzip2 -cd ../2.6.12-rc4-mm2.bz2 | patch -p1

-bzip2 -cd /usr/src/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3.bz2 | patch -p1
+bzip2 -cd /usr/src/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.bz2 | patch -p1

 cd ..
 cd ..

-mv linux-2.6.12-rc4 linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3
+mv linux-2.6.12-rc4 linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4

 
 
 * Installing a LTTng kernel
 
 su -
 
 
 * Installing a LTTng kernel
 
 su -

-cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3
+cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4

 make menuconfig
   General setup
     * Linux Trace Toolkit Instrumentation Support
 make menuconfig
   General setup
     * Linux Trace Toolkit Instrumentation Support


@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ make
 make install
 make modules_install
 
 make install
 make modules_install
 

+The first time you use relayfs, you have to specify a mount point in you system:
+mkdir /mnt/relayfs
+echo "relayfs         /mnt/relayfs    relayfs rw              0       0" \
+   >> /etc/fstab
+

 Depending on your boot loader, you may want to execute :
 update-grub or lilo
 
 Depending on your boot loader, you may want to execute :
 update-grub or lilo
 


@@ -84,8 +89,8 @@ reboot
 
 su -
 cd /usr/src/lttng/lttng-modules-0.2
 
 su -
 cd /usr/src/lttng/lttng-modules-0.2

-KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3 make
-KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3 make modules_install
+KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4 make
+KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4 make modules_install

 
 note : at this stage, you might want to execute
 modprobe ltt-control
 
 note : at this stage, you might want to execute
 modprobe ltt-control


@@ -98,9 +103,9 @@ echo ltt-control >> /etc/modules
 
 su -
 cd /usr/src
 
 su -
 cd /usr/src

-wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.2-20092005.tar.gz
-gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.2-20092005.tar.gz | tar xvof -
-cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.2-20092005
+wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.4-21092005.tar.gz
+gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.4-21092005.tar.gz | tar xvof -
+cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.4-21092005

 (refer to README to see the development libraries that must be installed on you
 system)
 ./configure
 (refer to README to see the development libraries that must be installed on you
 system)
 ./configure


@@ -127,11 +132,12 @@ lttv-gui (or /usr/local/bin/lttv-gui)
 
 * Use text mode LTTng to control tracing
 
 
 * Use text mode LTTng to control tracing
 

-The tracing can be controlled from a terminal by using the lttctl command.
+The tracing can be controlled from a terminal by using the lttctl command (as
+root).

 
 Start tracing :
 
 
 Start tracing :
 

-lttctl -n trace -d -l /mnt/relayfs/ltt -t /tmp/trace1
+lttctl -n trace -d -l /mnt/relayfs/ltt -t /tmp/trace

 
 Stop tracing and destroy trace channels :
 
 
 Stop tracing and destroy trace channels :
 


@@ -178,14 +184,14 @@ cp process.xml yourfacility.xml
 cd /tmp
 /usr/local/bin/genevent /usr/local/share/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer/yourfacility.xml
 cp ltt-facility-yourfacility.h ltt-facility-id-yourfacility.h \
 cd /tmp
 /usr/local/bin/genevent /usr/local/share/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer/yourfacility.xml
 cp ltt-facility-yourfacility.h ltt-facility-id-yourfacility.h \

-         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3/include/linux/ltt
+         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4/include/linux/ltt

 cp ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.c ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.h \
 cp ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.c ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.h \

-         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3/ltt
+         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4/ltt

   * edit the kernel file you want to instrument
     - Add #include <linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h> at the beginning
       of the file.
     - Add a call to the tracing functions. See their names and parameters in
   * edit the kernel file you want to instrument
     - Add #include <linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h> at the beginning
       of the file.
     - Add a call to the tracing functions. See their names and parameters in

-      /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.3/include/linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h
+      /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4/include/linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h