Re: Fwd: ITP: latencytop -- A tool for developers to visualize system latencies
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 08:17:11PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> > * Package name : latencytop
> > Version : 0.3
> > Upstream Author : Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
> > * URL : http://www.latencytop.org/
> > * License : GPL-2
> > Description : A tool for developers to visualize system latencies
> >
> > LatencyTOP is a Linux tool for software developers (both kernel and
> > userspace), aimed at identifying where system latency occurs, and what
> > kind of operation/action is causing the latency to happen. By identifying
> > this, developers can then change the code to avoid the worst latency
> > hiccups.
>
> I wonder if this tool should be packaged separately, or if it would be
> more logical to just package it together with powertop. After all, they
> are fairly similar in purpose and have the same upstream author.
I wonder if this tool will ben any useful, considering it requires a
patched kernel.
Mike
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