linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
Arjan van de Ven 39a90a8ef1 perf timechart: Add a power-only mode
For doing work on the Linux power management components, I need to
make long (30+ seconds) traces. Currently, this then results in a
HUGE svg file, with mostly process data that isn't interesting.

This patch adds a --power-only mode to perf timechart that only
outputs the CPU power section of the SVG; this significantly
reduces the size of the SVG file, making even 30+ second traces
viewable with inkscape.

As a minor tweak for the same effect, the minimum text size is
decreased; current inkscape cannot zoom in deep enough to show text
this small, but it reduces inkscape compute time.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
LKML-Reference: <20090924154013.0675ab71@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-10-01 09:26:40 +02:00

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perf-timechart(1)
=================
NAME
----
perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf timechart' {record}
DESCRIPTION
-----------
There are two variants of perf timechart:
'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events
of an arbitrary workload.
'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file,
that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'.
OPTIONS
-------
-o::
--output=::
Select the output file (default: output.svg)
-i::
--input=::
Select the input file (default: perf.data)
-w::
--width=::
Select the width of the SVG file (default: 1000)
-p::
--power-only::
Only output the CPU power section of the diagram
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1]