Tests: Convert the session unit test output to TAP
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1 LTTng Trace Control
2 ----------------
3
4 Please visit http://lttng.org for more information.
5
6 Latest development can be found at:
7
8 * Gitweb : http://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git/
9 * Git : git://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git
10
11 REQUIREMENTS:
12
13 - Linux kernel >= 2.6.27
14 pipe2(), epoll_create1() and SOCK_CLOEXEC are needed to run the session
15 daemon. There were introduce in the Linux 2.6.27
16
17 - liburcu
18 Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney
19
20 -> Tested with liburcu >= v0.7.2
21
22 * Debian/Ubuntu package: liburcu-dev
23 * Git : git://git.lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git
24 * Website: http://lttng.org/urcu
25
26 - libpopt >= 1.13
27 Library for parsing command line parameters
28
29 * Debian/Ubuntu package: libpopt-dev
30
31 - SWIG >= 2.0 (optional)
32 Needed for Python bindings (--enable-python-bindings).
33
34 * Debian/Ubuntu package: swig2.0
35
36 - python-dev (optional)
37 Python headers
38
39 * Debian/Ubuntu package: python-dev
40
41 - For kernel tracing: modprobe
42
43 - bash
44 Needed for running "make check".
45
46 For developers using the git tree:
47
48 This source tree is based on the autotools suite from GNU to simplify
49 portability. Here are some things you should have on your system in order to
50 compile the git repository tree :
51
52 - GNU autotools (automake >=1.10, autoconf >=2.50, autoheader >=2.50)
53 (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
54 - GNU Libtool >=2.2
55 (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
56 - flex >= 2.5.35
57 - bison >= 2.4
58
59 If you use GNU gold, which is NOT mandatory, make sure you have this version:
60 - GNU gold >= 2.22
61 (Before this version we hit a known bug documented at:
62 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317)
63 Be advise that with GNU gold, you'll might have to specify -L/usr/local/lib in
64 LDFLAGS.
65
66 If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap"
67 script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare
68 the tree configuration.
69
70 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
71
72 - Download, compile and install the prerequisites.
73 Then:
74 $ ./boostrap
75 $ ./configure
76 $ make
77 $ sudo make install
78 $ sudo ldconfig
79
80 If compiling from the git repository, run ./bootstrap before running
81 the configure script, to generate it.
82
83 If you want Python bindings, run ./configure --enable-python-bindings.
84
85 USAGE:
86
87 Please see doc/quickstart.txt to help you start tracing. You can also use the
88 -h/--help command on 'lttng' and all other commands offered in this tool (Ex:
89 lttng enable-event -h).
90
91 A network streaming HOWTO can be found in doc/streaming-howto.txt which quickly
92 helps you understand how to stream a LTTng 2.0 trace.
93
94 A Python HOWTO can be found in doc/python-howto.txt which quickly
95 helps you understand how to use the Python module to control the LTTng API.
96
97 PACKAGE CONTENTS:
98
99 This package contains the following elements:
100
101 - liblttng-ctl
102 The LTTng tracing control library.
103
104 - libsessiond-comm (internal)
105 The lttng-sessiond communication library. In order to talk with
106 lttng-sessiond, this library must be used.
107
108 - libkernel-ctl (internal)
109 Kernel tracer control and ioctl definitions.
110
111 - libconsumer (internal)
112 Library for Kernel and (optionally) UST trace consumer.
113
114 - libkernel-consumer (internal)
115 Library for Kernel consumer control
116
117 - libust-consumer (internal)
118 Library for UST consumer control
119
120 - libhashtable (internal)
121 Library wrapper over URCU hashtables.
122
123 - libcommon (internal)
124 Contains multiple useful function call used by the whole tree.
125
126 - libcompat (internal)
127 Compatibility library mostly for FreeBSD and Linux.
128
129 - librelayd (internal)
130 Library for all relayd interactions over the network.
131
132 - lttng-relayd
133 The relay daemon used for network streaming
134
135 - lttng-consumerd
136 The consumer daemon which uses libconsumer.
137
138 - lttng-sessiond
139 The LTTng session daemon binary.
140
141 - lttng
142 The LTTng tracer command line control tool.
143
144 - include (lttng.h --> installed in $(includedir)/lttng/lttng.h)
145 The liblttngctl API header file.
146
147 - tests
148 Various test programs.
149
150 - doc
151 Various documentations and quickstart guide.
152
153 - extras
154 Contains extra data such as bash completion file.
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