X-Git-Url: http://git.lttng.org./?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ltt%2Fbranches%2Fpoly%2FREADME;h=ca6ac84a56f0ddaad0c972c0624eff880875faae;hb=c8a111ebf95533e838874e6ca12d778ba1116f02;hp=61aa7ca0442063454037af091a6689d4d1ee0e95;hpb=06f3e7d17dec48f5a53fe1cffab46af9572edf6d;p=lttv.git diff --git a/ltt/branches/poly/README b/ltt/branches/poly/README index 61aa7ca0..ca6ac84a 100644 --- a/ltt/branches/poly/README +++ b/ltt/branches/poly/README @@ -1,22 +1,23 @@ 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) glib 2 development libraries (libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-dev) libpopt development libraries (libpopt0, libpopt-dev) libpango development libraries (libpango1.0, libpango1.0-dev) +libc6 development librairies (libc6, libc6-dev) To compile the source tree from a tarball, simply follow these steps : -- run ./configure +- ./configure - make - make install @@ -26,40 +27,26 @@ use make, make install. * Quick Start -- Create a trace -- Convert it -- Run ./lttv -m guievents -m guicontrolflow -m guievents -t path_to_trace - +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 This source tree is based on the autotools suite from GNU to simplify