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@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Last update : January 21st, 2009
-This document is made of four parts : the first one explains how +This document is made of five parts : the first one explains how to install LTTng and LTTV from sources, the second one describes the steps to follow to trace a system and view it. The third part explains briefly how to add a new trace point to the kernel and to user space -applications. The fourth and last part explains how to create Debian or RPM -packages from the LTTng and LTTV sources. +applications. The fourth part explains how to create Debian or RPM +packages from the LTTng and LTTV sources. The fifth and last part describes use +of LTTng in the field.
These operations are made for installing the LTTng 0.86 tracer on a linux 2.6.X
kernel. You will also find instructions for installation of LTTV 0.12.x : the
@@ -75,21 +82,33 @@ To see the list of compatibilities between LTTng, ltt-control, LTTV, please
refer to :
LTTng+LTTV versions compatibility
-The lttng patch is necessary to have the tracing hooks in the kernel.
+
+The ongoing work had the Linux Kernel Markers integrated in the mainline Linux
+kernel since Linux 2.6.24 and the Tracepoints since 2.6.28. In its current
+state, the lttng patchset is necessary to have the trace clocksource, the
+instrumentation and the LTTng high-speed data extraction mechanism added to the
+kernel.
-Supported architectures :
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+
(note : to see if the buffers has been filled, look at the dmesg output after -lttctl -R or after stopping tracing from the GUI, it will show an event lost +lttctl -D or after stopping tracing from the GUI, it will show an event lost count. If it is the case, try using larger buffers. See lttctl --help to learn how. lttv now also shows event lost messages in the console when loading a trace with missing events or lost subbuffers.) @@ -552,7 +571,50 @@ dpkg -i /usr/src/(image-name).deb
Then, follow the section "Editing the system wide configuration" in section 2. +
+A few examples of successful LTTng users : + +