Enable and document bootchart creation

Registered by Tony Mansson

Boot time is an important differentiator for products and needs to be optimized for an Android system to be attractive.

This BP is to verify and document the steps necessary to create bootcharts for Linaro builds.

Please note:

The 'init' program can be built with support for bootchart logging by setting the INIT_BOOTCHART variable. (See Using Bootchart on Android for why you might want to do this.)

You can accomplish either with:

$ touch system/init/init.c
$ export INIT_BOOTCHART=1
$ make

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
Zach Pfeffer
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
Tony Mansson
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
New
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Not started
Milestone target:
milestone icon nearterm

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Roadmap id: ANDROID2011-DEVTOOLS-1

Headline:
Bootchart support in Linaro Andoid builds.

Acceptance:
Android builds can be created so that bootchart information is created, and the steps are documented on the wiki.

Work Items: TBD

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