X-Git-Url: http://git.lttng.org./?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ltt%2Fbranches%2Fpoly%2FREADME;h=a052085a2cb8c1f0577d55e9f441088373f6ef48;hb=486ce202581cb5dd8ba304edc449cab980683c52;hp=3effc741728c7bb5ef424d70b7cae66ea2da3f9b;hpb=e8ac6a5ee4cbe4ac130fe2e26f80ca97175b1528;p=lttv.git diff --git a/ltt/branches/poly/README b/ltt/branches/poly/README index 3effc741..a052085a 100644 --- a/ltt/branches/poly/README +++ b/ltt/branches/poly/README @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ This package contains the trace reading library and trace viewing tools for -the new Linux Trace Toolkit trace format. The associated kernel files to -generate the new traces are not yet included. In the meantime, a converter -from the old trace format to the new is provided. For more detailed information -see doc/developer/index.html +the new Linux Trace Toolkit trace format. It also contains the lttd, lttctl and +liblttctl programs which are necessary to obtain a trace. * Compiling +gcc 3.2 or higher + Some development libraries are needed for compiling : gtk 2 development libraries (libgtk2.0, libgtk2.0-dev) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ libpango development libraries (libpango1.0, libpango1.0-dev) To compile the source tree from a tarball, simply follow these steps : -- run ./configure +- ./configure - make - make install @@ -24,32 +24,27 @@ After running ./configure, you can also go in specific subdirectories and use make, make install. +* Quick Start + +See QUICKSTART + * Source Tree Structure -This is a sample of the suggested tree for Linux Trace Toolkit. +Here is the tree structure of the Linux Trace Toolkit Viewer package. -ltt: new trace format reading library (and converter). +ltt: new trace format reading library. README: This file. debian: debian config files (currently empty). doc: Documentation. doc/user: User related documentation. doc/developer: Developer related documentation. -kernel: Linux Trace Toolkit kernel code (currently empty). -lttd: Linux Trace Toolkit daemon (currently empty). +liblttctl: Library to communicate with the kernel tracer control module. +lttctl: Command line program to use the liblttctl library. +lttd: Linux Trace Toolkit daemon. lttv: Linux Trace Toolkit trace analysis tool and viewer. lttv/modules: Linux Trace Toolkit analysis tool and viewer plugin modules. specs: RPM config files (currently empty). -* The rest of the tools - -You must use the lastest versions of patches for the Linux Kernel. That includes -relayfs and ltt patches, available on the ltt-dev mailing list at -http://www.listserv.shafik.org/pipermail/ltt-dev/. You will find there the -lastest version of the trace daemon that must be used to create the traces. (in -the TraceToolkit package) - -Once your traces are created, you must use the convert tool to create a trace in -the proper format from them. * For Developers