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@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ for debugging, profiling, and observing execution.
./configure --trace-backend=simple
make
-2. Run the virtual machine to produce a trace file:
+2. Create a file with the events you want to trace:
- qemu ... # your normal QEMU invocation
+ echo bdrv_aio_readv > /tmp/events
+ echo bdrv_aio_writev >> /tmp/events
-3. Pretty-print the binary trace file:
+3. Run the virtual machine to produce a trace file:
+
+ qemu -trace events=/tmp/events ... # your normal QEMU invocation
+
+4. Pretty-print the binary trace file:
./simpletrace.py trace-events trace-*