From 15baed047a5cceb432af07717b3dd066d612b5e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?S=C3=B8ren=20Sandmann=20Pedersen?= Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:42:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 1.0 announcement --- announce-1.0 | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 announce-1.0 diff --git a/announce-1.0 b/announce-1.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7962aa3 --- /dev/null +++ b/announce-1.0 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Sysprof 1.0 + +* What is it? +-------------------------- + +Sysprof is a sampling system-wide CPU profiler for Linux. + +Sysprof uses a Linux kernel module to profile the entire system, not +just an individual application. + +Of course, sysprof handles threads and shared libraries, and +applications do not have to be recompiled or instrumented. In fact +they don't even have to be restarted. + +Just insert the kernel module and start sysprof. + + +* Features: +---------------------- + + - Profiles all running processes, not just a single application + + - Call graph support showing time spent in each branch of the call tree + + - Has a simple graphical interface + + - Profiles can be loaded and saved + + - Easy to use: Just insert the kernel module and start sysprof + + - Supports Fedora debuginfo packages + + +* Sysprof 1.0 +-------------------------- + +This is the first release of sysprof with a 1.x version number. I am +very excited about that. + +New features since Sysprof 0.91: + +- support for x86-64, thanks to Mike Frysinger +- better reporting of time spent in the kernel + +Please report bugs as well as success or failure stories to + + sandmann@daimi au dk + + +* Where can I get it? +-------------------------------------------- + +Home page: + + http://www.daimi.au.dk/~sandmann/sysprof/ + +Source code: + + http://www.daimi.au.dk/~sandmann/sysprof/sysprof-1.0.tar.gz + +Sysprof requires + + - Linux 2.6.11 or later, compiled with profiling support + - GTK+ 2.6 + - libglade 2.5 + +It is known to work out the box on Fedora Core 4. + + +Søren -- 2.7.4