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diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/README.txt b/tools/tracing/rtla/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4af3fd40f171 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +RTLA: Real-Time Linux Analysis tools + +The rtla meta-tool includes a set of commands that aims to analyze +the real-time properties of Linux. Instead of testing Linux as a black box, +rtla leverages kernel tracing capabilities to provide precise information +about the properties and root causes of unexpected results. + +Installing RTLA + +RTLA depends on the following libraries and tools: + + - libtracefs + - libtraceevent + +It also depends on python3-docutils to compile man pages. + +For development, we suggest the following steps for compiling rtla: + + $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git + $ cd libtraceevent/ + $ make + $ sudo make install + $ cd .. + $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git + $ cd libtracefs/ + $ make + $ sudo make install + $ cd .. + $ cd $rtla_src + $ make + $ sudo make install + +For further information, please refer to the rtla man page. |