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1RTLA: Real-Time Linux Analysis tools
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3The rtla meta-tool includes a set of commands that aims to analyze
4the real-time properties of Linux. Instead of testing Linux as a black box,
5rtla leverages kernel tracing capabilities to provide precise information
6about the properties and root causes of unexpected results.
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8Installing RTLA
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10RTLA depends on the following libraries and tools:
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12 - libtracefs
13 - libtraceevent
14 - libcpupower (optional, for --deepest-idle-state)
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16It also depends on python3-docutils to compile man pages.
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18For development, we suggest the following steps for compiling rtla:
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20  $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git
21  $ cd libtraceevent/
22  $ make
23  $ sudo make install
24  $ cd ..
25  $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git
26  $ cd libtracefs/
27  $ make
28  $ sudo make install
29  $ cd ..
30  $ cd $libcpupower_src
31  $ make
32  $ sudo make install
33  $ cd $rtla_src
34  $ make
35  $ sudo make install
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37For further information, please refer to the rtla man page.
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