[ltt-dev] Feedback on the lttng.org website

[Gregory Haskins]

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Gregory Haskins (gregory.haskins at gmail.com) wrote:
>   
>> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>>     
>>> * Gregory Haskins (gregory.haskins at gmail.com) wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just noticed the following website:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.thhp.org.uk/
>>>>>
>>>>> where LTTng is cited as a "LTTng, for example, is certainly a finer
>>>>> engineering effort than its documentation would have you believe".
>>>>>
>>>>> So, not being such a skilled documentation writer nor web designer, I'd
>>>>> like to ask:
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you guys have recommendations to improve the LTTng website ? (layout,
>>>>> design, ...)
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there some missing pieces of documentation that would be relevant to
>>>>> put on the website ? Anyone willing to help on this ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hoping this might help newcomers to have a better experience with the
>>>>> LTTng website,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks !
>>>>>
>>>>> Mathieu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> FWIW: Providing a link to the pre-built version of the tools may help a
>>>> newcomer ease into using the system.  Here is a repost of the link to
>>>> the wiki I have put together:
>>>>
>>>> http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/LTTng-Package-Repositories
>>>>
>>>> I plan on adding a section on how to install for opensuse (since that is
>>>> what I have readily available).  I will try to fire up a fedora VM and
>>>> try an install there as well to see if I can generate some documentation.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hrm, it makes me think:
>>>
>>> providing a qemu image with LTTng pre-installed could be very useful for
>>> newcomers. This should come along with step-by-step documentation. Do
>>> you think this idea makes sense ?
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yes, I think it does.  FWIW: you can build these kinds of "appliance"
>> things in SuSE studio (http://susestudio.com/)
>>
>> I can try to put one together, if you like.
>>
>>     
>
> Yes, that would be great !
>   

Here is a proof of concept as a live-cd:

http://susestudio.com/download/27c5ba8141433926ea86e521264f6f30/LTTng_demo.i686-0.0.1.iso

It contains a kernel-lttng patched kernel, lttv, and ltt-control (and
even branded with the garland-logo).

Whats missing:

1) I can't figure out how to make it boot kernel-lttng instead of
kernel-default.

2) we should add some scripts that will (at the very least) pop open a
document that walks the user through a trace session.

3) I need to get a more current kernel (the one included is 2.6.27.8)

Thoughts?

-Greg


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