This is the mail archive of the binutils@sources.redhat.com mailing list for the binutils project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]

[Patch] gprof.texi fix


The following patch to the gprof documentation clarifies the format of
data in a gprof data file.  I think this change is sensible. ;-)


2001-02-19  Ben Elliston  <bje@redhat.com>

	* gprof.texi (File Format): Clarify the format of data files.

Index: gprof.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/cvsfiles/devo/gprof/gprof.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -c -r1.17 gprof.texi
*** gprof.texi	2000/12/11 03:03:06	1.17
--- gprof.texi	2001/02/18 23:48:36
***************
*** 1729,1737 ****
  The new file format is defined in header file @file{gmon_out.h}.  It
  consists of a header containing the magic cookie and a version number,
  as well as some spare bytes available for future extensions.  All data
! in a profile data file is in the native format of the host on which
! the profile was collected.  @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically to the
! byte-order in use.
  
  In the new file format, the header is followed by a sequence of
  records.  Currently, there are three different record types: histogram
--- 1729,1737 ----
  The new file format is defined in header file @file{gmon_out.h}.  It
  consists of a header containing the magic cookie and a version number,
  as well as some spare bytes available for future extensions.  All data
! in a profile data file is in the native format of the target on which
! the profile was collected.  @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically
! to the byte-order in use.
  
  In the new file format, the header is followed by a sequence of
  records.  Currently, there are three different record types: histogram


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]