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@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ Last update : January 21st, 2009
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Tools needed to follow the package download steps : @@ -130,7 +141,7 @@ href="http://ltt.polymtl.ca/svn/trunk/lttv/doc/developer/lttng-lttv-compatibilit versions compatibility
su - @@ -142,7 +153,7 @@ bzip2 -cd patch-2.6.X-lttng-0.x.xx.tar.bz2 | tar xvof --
su - @@ -158,7 +169,7 @@ mv linux-2.6.X linux-2.6.X-lttng-0.x.xx-
su - @@ -215,7 +226,8 @@ Select the Linux 2.6.X-lttng-0.x.xx kernel in your boot loader. ---
You must activate debugfs and specify a mount point. This is typically done in @@ -290,7 +302,9 @@ echo trap-trace >> /etc/modules #echo lockdep-trace >> /etc/modules -
(note : the ltt-control package contains lttd and lttctl. Although it has the same name as the ltt-control kernel module, they are *not* the same thing.) @@ -308,7 +322,7 @@ make make install -
Make sure you selected the kernel menuconfig option : @@ -324,8 +338,9 @@ channel : userspace event name : event-
su - @@ -458,14 +473,20 @@ tree. Get the latest markers-userspace-*.tar.bz2 and see the Makefile and examples. It allows inserting markers in executables and libraries, currently only on x86_32 and x86_64. - See markers-userspace-0.5.tar.bz2 or more recent. +. This new infrastructure is not yet implemented. + +Note that a new design document for a 3rd generation of tracepoint/marker-based userspace tracing is available at LTTng User-space Tracing -Design". +Design"
+The easy quick-and-dirty way to perform userspace tracing is currently to write +an string to /mnt/debugfs/ltt/write_event. See Userspace tracing in the +installation for sources section of this document.