[PATCH V4] gprofng: a new GNU profiler

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Vladimir,

> For x86_64/i686, gprofng should be built twice to support profiling for
> both 32-bit and 64-bit applications:
>    PREFIX=<YOUR_INSTALL_DIR>
>    configure --enable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX --libdir=$PREFIX/lib64 && make && make install
>    configure --enable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX CC='gcc -m32' CXX='g++ -m32' \
>           --target=i686-pc-linux-gnu --disable-gprofng-tools && make && make install
> 
> For ARM:
>    configure --enable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX && make install

Am I correct in thinking that gprofng only supports x86/x86_64 and ARM ?

To me this is a concern as the intention of the binutils project is to
support as wide a range of architectures as possible.

Is it simple to add other architectures ?  What work needs to be done ?

Cheers
   Nick