Re: [linuxtools-dev] Gcov and Gprof plugins

2012-06-20 Thread Lilia GHACHEM
tools-dev] Gcov and Gprof plugins Hi, You're right, it makes sense. It was not the way taken at the origin, but it can be changed. Note that at the origin , this plugin was developed in STMicroelectronics for a cross-development environment. Gprof and gcov plugins depends on cross-b

Re: [linuxtools-dev] Gcov and Gprof plugins

2012-06-19 Thread xraynaud
Hi, You're right, it makes sense. It was not the way taken at the origin, but it can be changed. Note that at the origin , this plugin was developed in STMicroelectronics for a cross-development environment. Gprof and gcov plugins depends on cross-binutils to read the binary file. An extension po

Re: [linuxtools-dev] Gcov and Gprof plugins

2012-06-18 Thread Jeff Johnston
On 06/18/2012 05:39 PM, Renato Stoffalette Joao wrote: On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 17:09 -0400, Jeff Johnston wrote: Gprof and gcov get their data just by running the executable that has been compiled and linked with special compiler options. Valgrind and Oprofile have executables that must run (Valg

Re: [linuxtools-dev] Gcov and Gprof plugins

2012-06-18 Thread Renato Stoffalette Joao
On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 17:09 -0400, Jeff Johnston wrote: > Gprof and gcov get their data just by running the executable that has > been compiled and linked with special compiler options. > > Valgrind and Oprofile have executables that must run (Valgind itself and > opcontrol). > Ok, I understand

Re: [linuxtools-dev] Gcov and Gprof plugins

2012-06-18 Thread Jeff Johnston
Gprof and gcov get their data just by running the executable that has been compiled and linked with special compiler options. Valgrind and Oprofile have executables that must run (Valgind itself and opcontrol). The plug-ins were written by separate developers so I would call the difference a pro