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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:27:46 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Roberto Vitillo <ravitillo@lbl.gov>
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        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: add callgrind conversion tool
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* Roberto Vitillo <ravitillo@lbl.gov> wrote:

> The proposed patch adds the convert tool to perf which allows to convert a 
> perf.data file to a callgrind data file which can subsequently be displayed with 
> kcachegrind. Callgraphs are not supported.

Would be nice to add a usecase description to the documentation that explains a good 
example of how to make use of this feature.

Thanks,

	Ingo