fix timing bug in tracecontrol

[lttv.git] / ltt / branches / poly / QUICKSTART

diff --git a/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART b/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART
index d5d5b8f89d66bea1430ddbaeffe17f4f2756d632..d497b4df6d926345dce5e744a1c3895f8d4ed49d 100644 (file)
--- a/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART
+++ b/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ What you will typically want is to read sections 1 and 3 : install LTTng from
 binary packages and use it. If there are no packages ready for your system, you
 will have to install from sources (section 2) instead.
 
-These operations are made for installing LTTng 0.2 on a linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm2
+These operations are made for installing LTTng 0.3 on a linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm2
 kernel. Change the versions to fit your needs.
 
 Author : Mathieu Desnoyers, September 2005
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ make
 make install
 make modules_install
 
+The first time you use relayfs, you have to specify a mount point in you system:
+mkdir /mnt/relayfs
+echo "relayfs         /mnt/relayfs    relayfs rw              0       0" \
+   >> /etc/fstab
+
 Depending on your boot loader, you may want to execute :
 update-grub or lilo
 
@@ -98,9 +103,9 @@ echo ltt-control >> /etc/modules
 
 su -
 cd /usr/src
-wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.1-16092005.tar.gz
-gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.1-16092005.tar.gz | tar xvof -
-cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.1-16092005
+wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.3-20092005.tar.gz
+gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.3-20092005.tar.gz | tar xvof -
+cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.3-20092005
 (refer to README to see the development libraries that must be installed on you
 system)
 ./configure
@@ -111,10 +116,10 @@ make install
 
 
 ***********************************************************
-** Section 3 * Using LTTV                                **
+** Section 3 * Using LTTng and LTTV                      **
 ***********************************************************
 
-* Use graphical LTTV
+* Use graphical LTTV to control tracing and analyse traces
 
 lttv-gui (or /usr/local/bin/lttv-gui)
   - Spot the "Tracing Control" icon : click on it
@@ -125,6 +130,22 @@ lttv-gui (or /usr/local/bin/lttv-gui)
     - Yes
       * You should now see a trace
 
+* Use text mode LTTng to control tracing
+
+The tracing can be controlled from a terminal by using the lttctl command (as
+root).
+
+Start tracing :
+
+lttctl -n trace -d -l /mnt/relayfs/ltt -t /tmp/trace1
+
+Stop tracing and destroy trace channels :
+
+lttctl -n trace -R
+
+see lttctl --help for details.
+
+
 * Use text mode LTTV
 
 Fell free to look in /usr/local/lib/lttv/plugins to see all the text and