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authorMarkus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>2013-11-12 16:58:45 +0100
committerMarkus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>2015-07-02 12:45:50 +0200
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configure: check for libipt
Check for libipt, an Intel(R) Processor Trace decoder library. The sources can be found on github at: https://github.com/01org/processor-trace gdb/ * configure.ac: Check for libipt * configure: Regenerate. * config.in: Regenerate. * Makefile.in (LIBIPT): New. (CLIBS): Add $LIBIPT. * NEWS: document new configure options
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@@ -246,6 +246,17 @@ fork-events and vfork-events features in qSupported
HP/PA running HP-UX hppa*-*-hpux*
Itanium running HP-UX ia64-*-hpux*
+* New configure options
+
+--with-intel-pt
+ This configure option allows the user to build GDB with support for
+ Intel(R) Processor Trace (default: auto). This requires libipt.
+
+--with-libipt-prefix=PATH
+ Specify the path to the version of libipt that GDB should use.
+ $PATH/include should contain the intel-pt.h header and
+ $PATH/lib should contain the libipt.so library.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.9.1
* Python Scripting