TASKING VX-toolset for ARM User Guide

ProfilingIn the right pane the Settings appear.3. On the Tool Settings tab, expand the C/C++ Compiler entry and select Debugging.4. Enable Static profiling.For the command line, see the C compiler option --profile (-p).Profiling is only possible with optimization levels 0, 1 and 2. So:5. Open the Optimization page and set the Optimization level to 2 - Optimize more.6. Click OK to apply the new option settings and rebuild the project ( ).6.3.2. Step 2: Displaying Static Profiling ResultsAfter your project has been built with static profiling, the result of the profiler can be displayed in theTASKING Profiler perspective. The profiling data of each individual file (.sxml), is combined in the XMLfile profiling.xprof.This file is read and its information is displayed.To view the profiling information,open the TASKING Profiler perspective:1. From the Window menu, select Open Perspective » Other...The Select Perspective dialog appears.2. Select the TASKING Profiler perspective and click OK.The TASKING Profiler perspective opens. This perspective is explained in Section 6.2.3, Step 3:Displaying Profiling ResultsTo display static profiling information in the Profiler view1. In the Profiler view, click on the (Select Profiling File(s)) button.The Select Profiling File(s) dialog appears.2. In the Profiling Type group box, select Static Profiling.3. In the Static Profiling File group box, enable the option Use default.By default, the file project.xprof is used (profiling.xprof). If you want to specify another file,disable the option Use default and use the edit field and/or Browse button to specify a static profilingfile (.xprof).4. Click OK to finish.187