[ltt-dev] 2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.4.3 vs LTT in MVista 2.6.10

[compudj@krystal.dyndns.org (Mathieu Desnoyers)]

* Brian Hutchinson (b.hutchman at gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> First post.  I'm trying to determine if the features in the LTTng
> version 0.4.3 would be any better than the version of LTT that came
> with our MVista 2.6.10 kernel.
> 
> Obviously, my time would be better spent trying to get a newer kernel
> & LTTng going but we have an immediate need to debug a 2.6.10 based
> app.

I'd recommend trying to run the application under a newer kernel, hoping
to reproduce the problem. You might be lucky.

I don't see much value in trying to resurrect the first LTTng versions
ever published.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> Does anyone have experience going back this far that can comment?
> 
> I used the older LTT around the time Karim came out with the 1st
> version of his Embedded Linux book but I'm not familiar with what
> LTTng brings to the table ... I know it is probably the tool of choice
> in modern kernels but I'm wondering if we would see any benefit of
> attempting to get it working with such an old kernel.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian
> 
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Mathieu Desnoyers
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