[ltt-dev] 2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.3 vs LTT in MVista 2.6.10

Mathieu Desnoyers compudj at krystal.dyndns.org
Sat Jun 19 11:55:17 EDT 2010


* Brian Hutchinson (b.hutchman at gmail.com) wrote:
> I forgot to mention that my target is ARM 926 (DaVinci).  I found old
> versions of the compatibility list that showed 2.6.12 as first LTTng
> version.  Is this only for i386 or will it work for ARM?  I don't see
> ARM mentioned in the compatibility list until version 2.6.16 and
> 2.6.20 but it isn't clear if that is when ARM support started.

Nope, ARM was not supported back then. Don't expect too much from the
first LTTng ever released. ;)

> 
> Looking at the 2.6.12-lttng patch files ... I see portions that deal
> with ARM which makes me think it is supported?

I would not count on complete support.

Good luck :)

Mathieu

> 
> Example:
> 
> patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.3-instrumentation.diff
>   1 12:--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S	(.../trunk/kernel/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2)	(revision
> 52)
>   2 12:+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S	(.../branches/mathieu/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2)	(revision
> 52)
>   42 13:Index: arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
>   42 28:Index: arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
> .
> .
> .
> 
> 
> Looks like my MVista 2.6.10 has Yuri's older LTT patch.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian
> 
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Mathieu Desnoyers
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