Re: [Ltp-coverage] 2.5.67-gcov and 2.4.20-gcov

From: Jörn Engel (joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 11:44:40 EST


On Wed, 16 April 2003 09:20:02 -0500, Paul Larson wrote:
>
> The Linux Kernel GCOV patch has a new home. It will now be available
> from the Linux Test Project site at: http://ltp.sourceforge.net.
>
> This release updates the gcov-kernel patches and utilities for 2.5.67
> and 2.4.20 kernels, and includes some minor bugfixes.
>
> The Linux Kernel GCOV patch allows utilization of the gcov tool
> against a running kernel. This is different from most other profiling
> methods because it can easily tell you things like: which lines of code
> are executed, how many times they are executed, and how often different
> branches are taken.

Excuse me for being lazy. Does this already cover ppc? I submitted a
patch over some other channels some time ago.

Jörn

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