X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=70d991f4d907024fa7d9390e60de25e566ba9aa9;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fstable-2.5;hp=1bcd5b2d69bd9109bdb38236063470294b3f3d7d;hpb=3a523f5b6b4f8ca82412cb45f2d2ad9c44e7d249;p=lttng-modules.git diff --git a/README b/README index 1bcd5b2d..70d991f4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -LTTng 2.0 modules +LTTng 2.x modules Mathieu Desnoyers -April 6, 2012 +March 29, 2013 -LTTng 2.0 kernel modules build against a vanilla or distribution kernel, without +LTTng 2.x kernel modules build against a vanilla or distribution kernel, without need for additional patches. Other features: - Produces CTF (Common Trace Format) natively, @@ -36,18 +36,7 @@ the kernel modules when needed. Use Babeltrace to print traces as a human-readable text log. These tools are available at the following URL: 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). 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. +Linux kernels >= 2.6.36 are supported. * Kernel config options required @@ -86,6 +75,8 @@ CONFIG_KPROBES: CONFIG_KRETPROBES: Dynamic function entry/return probe. lttng enable-event -k --function ... +CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL: + State dump of mapping between block device number and name. * Note about Perf PMU counters support