Fix: Add arbitrary wait period for kernel streaming test
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1LTTng Trace Control
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4Please visit http://lttng.org for more information.
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6Latest development can be found at:
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8 * Gitweb : http://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git/
9 * Git : git://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git
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ebb6ebd5 11REQUIREMENTS:
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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
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17 - liburcu
18 Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney
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6e59ae26 20 -> Tested with liburcu >= v0.6.6
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ebb6ebd5 22 * Debian/Ubuntu package: liburcu-dev
8bf332b9 23 * Git : git://git.lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git
ebb6ebd5 24 * Website: http://lttng.org/urcu
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7105c24c 26 - libpopt >= 1.13
ebb6ebd5 27 Library for parsing command line parameters
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ebb6ebd5 29 * Debian/Ubuntu package: libpopt-dev
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31 - SWIG >= 2.0 (optional)
32 Needed for Python bindings
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34 * Debian/Ubuntu package: swig2.0
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36 - python-dev (optional)
37 Python headers
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39 * Debian/Ubuntu package: python-dev
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41 - For kernel tracing: modprobe
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43For developers using the git tree:
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45This source tree is based on the autotools suite from GNU to simplify
46portability. Here are some things you should have on your system in order to
47compile the git repository tree :
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49- GNU autotools (automake >=1.10, autoconf >=2.50, autoheader >=2.50)
50 (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
51- GNU Libtool >=2.2
52 (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
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53- GNU Gold >= 2.22
54 (Before this version we hit a known bug documented at:
55 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317)
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56- flex >= 2.5.35
57- bison >= 2.4
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59If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap"
60script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the
61tree configuration.
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63INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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65 - Download, compile and install the prerequisites.
66 Then:
67 $ ./configure
68 $ make
69 $ sudo make install
70 $ sudo ldconfig
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72 If compiling from the git repository, run ./bootstrap before running
73 the configure script, to generate it.
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75 If you want Python bindings, run ./configure --enable-python-bindings.
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77USAGE:
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79Please see doc/quickstart.txt to help you start tracing. You can also use the
80-h/--help command on 'lttng' and all other commands offered in this tool (Ex:
81lttng enable-event -h).
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83A network streaming HOWTO can be found in doc/streaming-howto.txt which quickly
84helps you understand how to stream a LTTng 2.0 trace.
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86A Python HOWTO can be found in doc/python-howto.txt which quickly
87helps you understand how to use the Python module to control the LTTng API.
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89PACKAGE CONTENTS:
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91 This package contains the following elements:
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ffb25bd5 93 - liblttng-ctl
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94 The LTTng tracing control library.
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96 - libsessiond-comm (internal)
97 The lttng-sessiond communication library. In order to talk with
98 lttng-sessiond, this library must be used.
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fe54b749 100 - libkernel-ctl (internal)
ebb6ebd5 101 Kernel tracer control and ioctl definitions.
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fe54b749 103 - libconsumer (internal)
3bd1e081 104 Library for Kernel and (optionally) UST trace consumer.
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106 - libkernel-consumer (internal)
107 Library for Kernel consumer control
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109 - libust-consumer (internal)
110 Library for UST consumer control
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112 - libhashtable (internal)
113 Library wrapper over URCU hashtables.
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115 - libcommon (internal)
116 Contains multiple useful function call used by the whole tree.
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118 - libcompat (internal)
119 Compatibility library mostly for FreeBSD and Linux.
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121 - librelayd (internal)
122 Library for all relayd interactions over the network.
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124 - lttng-relayd
125 The relay daemon used for network streaming
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fe54b749 128 The consumer daemon which uses libconsumer.
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ebb6ebd5 131 The LTTng session daemon binary.
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133 - lttng
134 The LTTng tracer command line control tool.
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136 - include (lttng.h --> installed in $(includedir)/lttng/lttng.h)
137 The liblttngctl API header file.
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139 - tests
140 Various test programs.
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142 - doc
143 Various documentations and quickstart guide.
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145 - extras
146 Contains extra data such as bash completion file.
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