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diff --git a/kcachegrind/README b/kcachegrind/README deleted file mode 100644 index 0866eb82..00000000 --- a/kcachegrind/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -KCachegrind -=========== - - -What is all this about ? -------------------------- - -Profiling, i.e. determinating most time consuming execution parts, -is an important last step when developing applications. -KCachegrind visualizes traces, generated by profiling, in various ways; -most notable is the TreeMap visualization of the calls happening -and a condensed version of it, the Coverage analysis. -KCachegrind is designed to allow fast browsing and to provide a quick -overview of very large programs, such as KDE applications (but not -limited to!). - -At the moment, it uses Cachegrind as profiling backend, which is using -the excellent CPU simulator in Valgrind. Thus, profiling does not -need any preparation, can cope with shared libraries and plugin -architectures, and allows for profile runs to not influence the measuring -by the profile itself (all in contrast to e.g. GProf). Disadvantage is -slower profile runs, unfortunately. - -For Cachegrind to provide call tree information, a patch is provided. -This enables the most interesting visualization features of KCachegrind. - - -Requirements ------------- - -A call-tree version of Cachegrind: - - X86 Linux - - Valgrind 1.0.x with call-tree patch from KCachegrind Website - - Valgrind 2.0.x with call-tree skin installed - -Cachegrind runs on x86 platforms, KCachegrind on all KDE enabled -platforms (KDE 3.0.x). - - -Compilation and Installation ----------------------------- - -Simple do the command sequence - - ./configure --prefix=<KDE base directory> - make - make install - - - -KCachegrind features --------------------- - -Most important: TreeMap calltree visualisation. -For the rest, see the detailed "What's this?" help for -each part of KCachegrind and the quick starter on the -WWW page ( http://tdecachegrind.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/show.cgi ) - - - -Happy Profiling, - Josef Weidendorfer |