Re: [RFC][PATCH] ftracetest: Add a couple of ftrace test cases

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Sep 30 2014 - 02:24:10 EST


Hi Masami,

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:40:51 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2014/09/26 23:46), Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> The perf should be built with no extra dependencies (other than libc).
>> It won't provide rich features but basic functionality (record, report,
>> stat) should be supported. And I'm also thinking about implementing a
>> very simple elf parser for symbol loading in such a minimal build.
>
> Maybe you can install some static libraries (e.g. elfutils-libelf-devel-static
> on fedora) for enabling it. :)
> Some libraries may not work, but I could enable libelf by installing that.

Yep, installing static libs should also work. But I'd like to have
minimal depencency especially for embedded systems. And AFAIK cross
building elfutils/libelf always has been a PITA.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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