From 4d5dc4a8908c4f67268f2058e1ea6d76f72ca0ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:20:16 -0700 Subject: sdk-manual: Created new Mars Eclipse appendix Fixes [YOCTO #7546] First draft of the new appendix supporting the Mars version of eclipse. New appendix file created and entry made to the sdk-manual.xml file to include that new appendix file into the main book. (From yocto-docs rev: 2fb79c29bcbb5c0801f67d4c245c07c3aa9d2ca2) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark sdk-manual: WIP on appendix C Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml | 71 ++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml') diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml index 781cebf188..0995f79a93 100644 --- a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml +++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml @@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ of the SDK but is rather available for use as part of the development process. - Various user-space tools that greatly enhance - your application development experience. + Various performance-related + tools + that can enhance your development experience. These tools are also separate from the actual SDK but can be independently obtained and used in the development process. @@ -196,9 +197,16 @@ These extensions allow for cross-compilation, deployment, and execution of your output into a QEMU emulation session. You can also perform cross-debugging and profiling. - The environment also supports a suite of tools that allows you to - perform remote profiling, tracing, collection of power data, - collection of latency data, and collection of performance data. + The environment also supports many performance-related + tools + that enhance your development experience. + + Previous releases of the Eclipse Yocto Plug-in supported + "user-space tools" (i.e. LatencyTOP, PowerTOP, Perf, SystemTap, + and Lttng-ust) that also added to the development experience. + These tools have been deprecated beginning with this release + of the plug-in. + @@ -210,54 +218,15 @@ -
- User-Space Tools +
+ Performance Enhancing Tools - User-space tools, which are available as part of the SDK - development environment, can be helpful. - The tools include LatencyTOP, PowerTOP, Perf, SystemTap, - and Lttng-ust. - These tools are common development tools for the Linux platform. - - LatencyTOP: LatencyTOP - focuses on latency that causes skips in audio, stutters in - your desktop experience, or situations that overload your - server even when you have plenty of CPU power left. - - PowerTOP: Helps you - determine what software is using the most power. - You can find out more about PowerTOP at - . - Perf: Performance counters - for Linux used to keep track of certain types of hardware - and software events. - For more information on these types of counters see - . - For examples on how to setup and use this tool, see the - "perf" - section in the Yocto Project Profiling and Tracing Manual. - - SystemTap: A free software - infrastructure that simplifies information gathering about - a running Linux system. - This information helps you diagnose performance or - functional problems. - SystemTap is not available as a user-space tool through - the Eclipse IDE Yocto Plug-in. - See - for more information on SystemTap. - For examples on how to setup and use this tool, see the - "SystemTap" - section in the Yocto Project Profiling and Tracing Manual. - - Lttng-ust: A User-space - Tracer designed to provide detailed information on - user-space activity. - See for more - information on Lttng-ust. - - + Supported performance enhancing tools are available that let you + profile, debug, and perform tracing on your projects developed + using Eclipse. + For information on these tools see + http://www.eclipse.org/linuxtools/.
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