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Commit 3d037611 authored by Chris Phlipot's avatar Chris Phlipot Committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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perf tools: Update android build documentation 



Update the android build documentation according to recent android build
fixes. The instructions for step 1a and step 2 were updated to work with
NDK version 11(oldest supported version) and NDK version 12(current
version).

Signed-off-by: default avatarChris Phlipot <cphlipot0@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1467349955-1135-5-git-send-email-cphlipot0@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
parent fd01d06a

tools/perf/Documentation/android.txt

+8 −8
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@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ Set the NDK variable to point to the path where you installed the NDK: 


2. Set cross-compiling environment variables for NDK toolchain and sysroot.

For arm:

  export NDK_TOOLCHAIN=${NDK}/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-

  export NDK_SYSROOT=${NDK}/platforms/android-9/arch-arm

  export NDK_TOOLCHAIN=${NDK}/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-

  export NDK_SYSROOT=${NDK}/platforms/android-24/arch-arm

For x86:

  export NDK_TOOLCHAIN=${NDK}/toolchains/x86-4.6/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/i686-linux-android-

  export NDK_SYSROOT=${NDK}/platforms/android-9/arch-x86

  export NDK_TOOLCHAIN=${NDK}/toolchains/x86-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/i686-linux-android-

  export NDK_SYSROOT=${NDK}/platforms/android-24/arch-x86



This method is not working for Android NDK versions up to Revision 8b.

perf uses some bionic enhancements that are not included in these NDK versions.

This method is only tested for Android NDK versions Revision 11b and later.

perf uses some bionic enhancements that are not included in prior NDK versions.

You can use method (b) described below instead.



(b). Use the Android source tree
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ II. Compile perf for Android 
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You need to run make with the NDK toolchain and sysroot defined above:

For arm:

  make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${NDK_TOOLCHAIN} CFLAGS="--sysroot=${NDK_SYSROOT}"

  make WERROR=0 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${NDK_TOOLCHAIN} EXTRA_CFLAGS="-pie --sysroot=${NDK_SYSROOT}"

For x86:

  make ARCH=x86 CROSS_COMPILE=${NDK_TOOLCHAIN} CFLAGS="--sysroot=${NDK_SYSROOT}"

  make WERROR=0 ARCH=x86 CROSS_COMPILE=${NDK_TOOLCHAIN} EXTRA_CFLAGS="-pie --sysroot=${NDK_SYSROOT}"



III. Install perf

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