X-Git-Url: http://git.liburcu.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=1bcd5b2d69bd9109bdb38236063470294b3f3d7d;hb=630bed30fc8e1fd415d0a8eb520eb0f46436e35e;hp=89b4a7af2404deb0b9a063d8227d2ff08baec5e8;hpb=2dc86a59c506ab4ee63e50531649b6cf04b3eac6;p=lttng-modules.git diff --git a/README b/README index 89b4a7af..1bcd5b2d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -38,15 +38,16 @@ http://lttng.org/lttng2.0 So far, it has been tested on vanilla Linux kernels 2.6.38, 2.6.39, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (on x86 32/64-bit, and powerpc 32-bit at the moment, build -tested on ARM). It should work fine with newer kernels and other -architectures, but expect build issues with kernels older than 2.6.36. -The clock source currently used is the standard gettimeofday (slower, -less scalable and less precise than the LTTng 0.x clocks). Support for -LTTng 0.x clocks will be added back soon into LTTng 2.0. Please note -that lttng-modules 2.0 can build on a Linux kernel patched with the -LTTng 0.x patchset, but the lttng-modules 2.0 replace the lttng-modules -0.x, so both tracers cannot be installed at the same time for a given -kernel version. +tested on ARM). Kernels 2.6.32 to 2.6.34 need up to 3 patches applied +(refer to linux-patches within the lttng-modules tree). It should work +fine with newer kernels and other architectures, but expect build issues +with kernels older than 2.6.36. The clock source currently used is the +standard gettimeofday (slower, less scalable and less precise than the +LTTng 0.x clocks). Support for LTTng 0.x clocks will be added back soon +into LTTng 2.0. Please note that lttng-modules 2.0 can build on a Linux +kernel patched with the LTTng 0.x patchset, but the lttng-modules 2.0 +replace the lttng-modules 0.x, so both tracers cannot be installed at +the same time for a given kernel version. * Kernel config options required @@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS: lttng add-context -t perf:* CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING: needed to allow block layer tracing -CONFIG_KPROBES: +CONFIG_KPROBES: Dynamic probe. lttng enable-event -k --probe ... CONFIG_KRETPROBES: