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Subject[tip:perf/core] perf build: Add build documentation
Commit-ID:  f819f703a42eed63443cef796b1852e6baf985bd
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/f819f703a42eed63443cef796b1852e6baf985bd
Author: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:05:27 +0100
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:53:00 -0300

perf build: Add build documentation

Adding file describing the basics of perf build process.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Alexis Berlemont <alexis.berlemont@gmail.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ibgf7vxyduwohlqqfayl11xb@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6fc650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+
+1) perf build
+=============
+The perf build process consists of several separated building blocks,
+which are linked together to form the perf binary:
+ - libperf library (static)
+ - perf builtin commands
+ - traceevent library (static)
+ - GTK ui library
+
+Several makefiles govern the perf build:
+
+ - Makefile
+ top level Makefile working as a wrapper that calls the main
+ Makefile.perf with a -j option to do parallel builds.
+
+ - Makefile.perf
+ main makefile that triggers build of all perf objects including
+ installation and documentation processing.
+
+ - tools/build/Makefile.build
+ main makefile of the build framework
+
+ - tools/build/Build.include
+ build framework generic definitions
+
+ - Build makefiles
+ makefiles that defines build objects
+
+Please refer to tools/build/Documentation/Build.txt for more
+information about build framework.
+
+
+2) perf build
+=============
+The Makefile.perf triggers the build framework for build objects:
+ perf, libperf, gtk
+
+resulting in following objects:
+ $ ls *-in.o
+ gtk-in.o libperf-in.o perf-in.o
+
+Those objects are then used in final linking:
+ libperf-gtk.so <- gtk-in.o libperf-in.o
+ perf <- perf-in.o libperf-in.o
+
+
+NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only
+ focusing on build framework outcomes

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