* [PATCH] documentation: trace: Clarification of perf usage with coresight.
@ 2017-03-20 20:36 Mike Leach
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From: Mike Leach @ 2017-03-20 20:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-arm-kernel
Update to the coresight.txt documentation to clarify the specification
of the trace sink when using 'perf record'
Signed-off-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
---
Documentation/trace/coresight.txt | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight.txt b/Documentation/trace/coresight.txt
index d1033aa..e8af562 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/coresight.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ linaro at linaro-nano:~$ perf record -e cs_etm//u --per-thread <command>
linaro at linaro-nano:~$ perf record -C 0,2-3 -e cs_etm//k <command>
+Note that after a trace run, the sink will be disabled, so it must be
+re-enabled before the next 'perf record' command is executed.
+Alternatively the sink may be specified as part of the perf command line:
+
+linaro at linaro-nano:~$ perf record -e cs_etm/@20010000.etb/u --per-thread <command>
+
As of this writing two ETM/PTM specific options have are available: cycle
accurate and timestamp (please refer to the Embedded Trace Macrocell reference
manual for details on these options). By default both are disabled but using
--
2.7.4
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