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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300 |
commit | 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 (patch) | |
tree | 5e910f0e82173f4ef4f51111366a3f1299037a7b /tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt |
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f6fc6507b --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ + +1) perf build +============= +The perf build process consists of several separated building blocks, +which are linked together to form the perf binary: + - libperf library (static) + - perf builtin commands + - traceevent library (static) + - GTK ui library + +Several makefiles govern the perf build: + + - Makefile + top level Makefile working as a wrapper that calls the main + Makefile.perf with a -j option to do parallel builds. + + - Makefile.perf + main makefile that triggers build of all perf objects including + installation and documentation processing. + + - tools/build/Makefile.build + main makefile of the build framework + + - tools/build/Build.include + build framework generic definitions + + - Build makefiles + makefiles that defines build objects + +Please refer to tools/build/Documentation/Build.txt for more +information about build framework. + + +2) perf build +============= +The Makefile.perf triggers the build framework for build objects: + perf, libperf, gtk + +resulting in following objects: + $ ls *-in.o + gtk-in.o libperf-in.o perf-in.o + +Those objects are then used in final linking: + libperf-gtk.so <- gtk-in.o libperf-in.o + perf <- perf-in.o libperf-in.o + + +NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only + focusing on build framework outcomes |