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Jiri Olsaf819f702015-01-14 19:05:27 +01001
21) perf build
3=============
4The perf build process consists of several separated building blocks,
5which are linked together to form the perf binary:
6 - libperf library (static)
7 - perf builtin commands
8 - traceevent library (static)
9 - GTK ui library
10
11Several makefiles govern the perf build:
12
13 - Makefile
14 top level Makefile working as a wrapper that calls the main
15 Makefile.perf with a -j option to do parallel builds.
16
17 - Makefile.perf
18 main makefile that triggers build of all perf objects including
19 installation and documentation processing.
20
21 - tools/build/Makefile.build
22 main makefile of the build framework
23
24 - tools/build/Build.include
25 build framework generic definitions
26
27 - Build makefiles
28 makefiles that defines build objects
29
30Please refer to tools/build/Documentation/Build.txt for more
31information about build framework.
32
33
342) perf build
35=============
36The Makefile.perf triggers the build framework for build objects:
37 perf, libperf, gtk
38
39resulting in following objects:
40 $ ls *-in.o
41 gtk-in.o libperf-in.o perf-in.o
42
43Those objects are then used in final linking:
44 libperf-gtk.so <- gtk-in.o libperf-in.o
45 perf <- perf-in.o libperf-in.o
46
47
48NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only
49 focusing on build framework outcomes