* elfxx-ia64.c (get_dyn_sym_info): Return NULL gracefully for

[binutils-gdb.git] / gprof / gprof.texi

diff --git a/gprof/gprof.texi b/gprof/gprof.texi
index 2008da7146739161fd8b393c0525f4618612bee4..9789ac7d9934477f3774d57ed4309bea43f3e47e 100644 (file)
--- a/gprof/gprof.texi
+++ b/gprof/gprof.texi
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 92, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @end titlepage
 
-@ifinfo
+@ifnottex
 @node Top
 @top Profiling a Program: Where Does It Spend Its Time?
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
 * Details::             Details of how profiling is done
 * GNU Free Documentation License::  GNU Free Documentation License
 @end menu
-@end ifinfo
+@end ifnottex
 
 @node Introduction
 @chapter Introduction to Profiling
@@ -357,7 +357,21 @@ appearance of a human-readable @file{bb.out} means the basic-block
 counts didn't get written into @file{gmon.out}.
 The Perl script @code{bbconv.pl}, included with the @code{gprof}
 source distribution, will convert a @file{bb.out} file into
-a format readable by @code{gprof}.
+a format readable by @code{gprof}.  Invoke it like this:
+
+@smallexample
+bbconv.pl < bb.out > @var{bh-data}
+@end smallexample
+
+This translates the information in @file{bb.out} into a form that
+@code{gprof} can understand.  But you still need to tell @code{gprof}
+about the existence of this translated information.  To do that, include
+@var{bb-data} on the @code{gprof} command line, @emph{along with
+@file{gmon.out}}, like this:
+
+@smallexample
+gprof @var{options} @var{executable-file} gmon.out @var{bb-data} [@var{yet-more-profile-data-files}@dots{}] [> @var{outfile}]
+@end smallexample
 
 @node Invoking
 @chapter @code{gprof} Command Summary
@@ -1836,9 +1850,9 @@ format.
 The new file format is defined in header file @file{gmon_out.h}.  It
 consists of a header containing the magic cookie and a version number,
 as well as some spare bytes available for future extensions.  All data
-in a profile data file is in the native format of the host on which
-the profile was collected.  @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically to the
-byte-order in use.
+in a profile data file is in the native format of the target for which
+the profile was collected.  @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically
+to the byte-order in use.
 
 In the new file format, the header is followed by a sequence of
 records.  Currently, there are three different record types: histogram