X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=6c5da7959743fb708a14bde40e9fdf690957cad8;hp=1d736dc7982366096fa6d4c606c59cb9058c099c;hb=cbbb813a7c2d17a7df2c107f807d1826d45a34fc;hpb=8ad9aaaf3fcc313069e2ecfb395936ae6c4291b3 diff --git a/README b/README index 1d736dc79..6c5da7959 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Latest development can be found at: REQUIREMENTS: + - Linux kernel >= 2.6.27 + pipe2(), epoll_create1() and SOCK_CLOEXEC are needed to run the session + daemon. There were introduce in the Linux 2.6.27 + - liburcu Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney @@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS: * Git : git://git.lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git * Website: http://lttng.org/urcu - - libpopt + - libpopt >= 1.13 Library for parsing command line parameters * Debian/Ubuntu package: libpopt-dev @@ -34,12 +38,14 @@ compile the git repository tree : (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!) - GNU Libtool >=2.2 (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/) +- GNU Gold >= 2.22 + (Before this version we hit a known bug documented at: + http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317) If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap" script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the tree configuration. - INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: - Download, compile and install the prerequisites. @@ -65,18 +71,27 @@ PACKAGE CONTENTS: - liblttngctl The LTTng tracing control library. - - liblttng-sessiond-comm - The lttng-sessiond communication library. In order to talk with lttng-sessiond, - this library must be used. + - libsessiond-comm (internal) + The lttng-sessiond communication library. In order to talk with + lttng-sessiond, this library must be used. - - libkernelctl + - libkernel-ctl (internal) Kernel tracer control and ioctl definitions. - - liblttng-consumer + - libconsumer (internal) Library for Kernel and (optionally) UST trace consumer. + - libkernel-consumer (internal) + Library for Kernel consumer control + + - libust-consumer (internal) + Library for UST consumer control + + - libhashtable (internal) + Library wrapper over URCU hashtables. + - lttng-consumerd - The consumer daemon which uses liblttng-consumer. + The consumer daemon which uses libconsumer. - lttng-sessiond The LTTng session daemon binary. @@ -89,3 +104,6 @@ PACKAGE CONTENTS: - tests Various test programs. + + - doc + Various documentations and quickstart guide.