From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 12 15:02:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA17969 for current-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:02:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA17952 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:02:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.8.8/frmug-2.1/nospam) with UUCP id AAA29839 for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:02:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.7/keltia-2.12/nospam) id XAA07254; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:58:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto) Message-ID: <19971112235821.06556@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:58:21 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: make world time???/ References: <199711121835.KAA20275@dragonlair.dal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199711121835.KAA20275@dragonlair.dal.net>; from Studded on Wed, Nov 12, 1997 at 10:35:49AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3797 AMD-K6 MMX @ 208 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Studded: > I know this question is probably too basic for -current, but I've > looked the www pages up and down, and I can't find any description of what > the profiled libraries are, or who needs them. I assume it's a tool for > developers, but where can I find some details? They are standard libraries compiled with '-p' or '-pg'. The compiler inserts come special code at the entry and exit point of all functions that increment counters. That way, you can know how many times a function has been called and so on. Bruce will without doubt explain it better than I do :-) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #48: Sat Nov 8 18:08:59 CET 1997