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

diff --git a/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART b/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART
index 5f546249524e61553a8c88b326bcc12678de523d..e2a09779651230a6e81dbec9da0390bdd1448072 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.
 
-These operations are made for installing the LTTng 0.4.1 tracer on a
+These operations are made for installing the LTTng 0.4.2 tracer on a
 linux 2.6.12-rc4-mm2 kernel. You will also find instructions for installtion of
 LTTV 0.6.x : the Linux Trace Toolkit Viewer.
 
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ installation with Debian or RPM packages. In the case of an installation from
 sources, the dependencies are listed.
 
 
+** Current development status **
+
+LTTng : 
+supported architectures : 
+Intel Pentium (UP/SMP) with TSC
+
+LTTV :
+supported architectures :
+Intel i386 and better
+PowerPC
+
+
+
 Author : Mathieu Desnoyers, September 2005
 
 
@@ -37,8 +50,16 @@ Author : Mathieu Desnoyers, September 2005
 ** Section 1 * Installation from Debian or RPM packages  **
 ***********************************************************
 
-No RPM packages are ready yet.
-No Debian kernel LTTng patch is ready yet.
+* Install from RPM packages on Fedora Core 4 :
+
+Get LTTV RPM from :
+
+http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/fedora/RPMS
+
+No RPM packages for LTTng are ready yet.
+
+
+* Install from Deb packages on Debian :
 
 You can use the ltt.polymtl.ca apt source to get LTTV for Debian :
 
@@ -69,7 +90,7 @@ packages for other platforms, do :
 su -
 cd /usr/src
 apt-get source lttv
-cd lttv-0.6.7
+cd lttv-0.6.8
 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
 
 You should then have your LTTV .deb files created for your architecture.
@@ -146,8 +167,9 @@ 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-0.3.tar.bz2
-wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1.bz2
+wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2.tar.bz2
 bzip2 -cd lttng-modules-0.3.tar.bz2 | tar xvof -
+bzip2 -cd patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2.tar.bz2 | tar xvof -
 
 
 * Getting LTTng kernel sources
@@ -159,15 +181,15 @@ 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 /usr/src/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1.bz2 | patch -p1
+cat /usr/src/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2-* | patch -p1
 cd ..
-mv linux-2.6.12-rc4 linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1
+mv linux-2.6.12-rc4 linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2
 
 
 * Installing a LTTng kernel
 
 su -
-cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1
+cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2
 make menuconfig (or make xconfig or make config)
     Select the < Help > button if you are not familiar with kernel
     configuration.
@@ -193,15 +215,15 @@ make install
 
 reboot
 
-  Select the Linux 2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1 kernel in your boot loader.
+  Select the Linux 2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2 kernel in your boot loader.
 
 
 * Install the ltt-modules
 
 su -
 cd /usr/src/lttng/lttng-modules-0.3
-KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1 make
-KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1 make modules_install
+KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2 make
+KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2 make modules_install
 
 
 * Editing the system wide configuration
@@ -233,9 +255,9 @@ echo ltt-control >> /etc/modules
 
 su -
 cd /usr/src
-wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.5-21092005.tar.gz
-gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.5-21092005.tar.gz | tar xvof -
-cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.5-21092005
+wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.8-26092005.tar.gz
+gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.8-26092005.tar.gz | tar xvof -
+cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.8-26092005
 (refer to README to see the development libraries that must be installed on you
 system)
 ./configure
@@ -314,14 +336,14 @@ 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 \
-         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1/include/linux/ltt
+         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2/include/linux/ltt
 cp ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.c ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.h \
-         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1/ltt
+         /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2/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
-      /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.1/include/linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h
+      /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.2/include/linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h