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diff --git a/package/oprofile/Config.in b/package/oprofile/Config.in new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5e145913b --- /dev/null +++ b/package/oprofile/Config.in @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +config BR2_PACKAGE_OPROFILE + bool "oprofile" + default n + select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT + select BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP + help + OProfile is a system-wide profiler for Linux systems, + capable of profiling all running code at low overhead. + OProfile is released under the GNU GPL. + + It consists of a kernel driver and a daemon for collecting + sample data, and several post-profiling tools for turning + data into information. + + OProfile leverages the hardware performance counters of the + CPU to enable profiling of a wide variety of interesting + statistics, which can also be used for basic time-spent + profiling. All code is profiled: hardware and software + interrupt handlers, kernel modules, the kernel, shared + libraries, and applications. |